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A thing moderately good is not so good as it ought to be. Moderation in temper is always a virtue; but moderation in principle is always a vice.: Thomas Paine (1737 - 1809)
It is error only, and not truth, that shrinks from inquiry.: Thomas Paine (1737 - 1809)
Human nature is not of itself vicious.: Thomas Paine (1737 - 1809)
Character is much easier kept than recovered.: Thomas Paine (1737 - 1809)

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Whenever we read the obscene stories, the voluptuous debaucheries, the cruel and torturous executions, the unrelenting vindictiveness, with which more than half the bible is filled, it would seem more consistent that we called it the word of a demon than the Word of God. It is a history of wickedness that has served to corrupt and brutalize mankind.: Thomas Paine (1737 - 1809), "The Age of Reason"
"What is it the Bible teaches us? - rapine, cruelty, and murder. What is it the Testament teaches us? - to believe that the Almighty committed debauchery with a woman engaged to be married, and the belief of this debauchery is called faith.: Thomas Paine (1737 - 1809), The Age of Reason

Results from Contributed Quotations:

I fear not, I see not reason for fear. In the end we will be the victors. For though at times the flame of liberty may cease to shine, the ember will never expire.: Thomas Paine (1737 - 1809)
What we obtain too cheap, we esteem too lightly. It is dearness only that gives everything its value.: Thomas Paine (1737 - 1809), "The American Crisis"
These are the times that try men's souls.: Thomas Paine (1737 - 1809), The American Crisis
Tyranny, like hell, is not easily conquered; yet we have this consolation with us, that the harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph.: Thomas Paine (1737 - 1809), Common Sense

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