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Quote by Thomas Paine
The final event to himself has been, that as he rose like a rocket

The final event to himself has been, that as he rose like a rocket, he fell like the stick. – Thomas Paine

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Reputation is what men and women think of us character is what God and angels know of us. – Thomas Paine

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Glory comes too late, after one as been reduced to ashes. – Marcus Valerius Martial

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Military glory –the attractive rainbow that rises in showers of blood. – Abraham Lincoln

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The glory of a nation and an age is always the work of a few great persons, and it disappears with them. – Baron Grimm

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