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

Other quotes by Thomas Paine

Our citizenship in the United States is our national character. Our citizenship in any particular state is only our local distinction. By the latter we are known at home, by the former to the world. Our great title is AMERICANS — our inferior one varies with the place. – Thomas Paine

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Citizenship
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To say that any people are not fit for freedom, is to make poverty their choice, and to say they had rather be loaded with taxes than not. – Thomas Paine

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Freedom
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Glory
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The chief glory of every people arises from its authors. – Samuel Johnson

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Glory paid to our ashes comes too late. – Marcus Valerius Martial

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The paths of glory lead but to the grave. – Thomas Gray

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Glory

Sudden glory is the passion which makes those grimaces called laughter. – Thomas Hobbes

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I dont have dreams. How can I say it? I myself am a dream. – Ayumi Hamasaki

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The novelist teaches the reader to comprehend the world as a question. There is wisdom and tolerance in that attitude. In a world built on sacrosanct certainties the novel is dead. – Milan Kundera

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Attitude

Thats the conundrum of cartoon stripping, as opposed to political cartoons. When your anger is the driving force of your drawing hand, failure follows. The anger is OK, but it has to serve the interests of the heart, frankly. – Berkeley Breathed

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The way that people show me love on Twitter? I dont know man. Its amazing. – T-Pain

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