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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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The strength and power of despotism consists wholly in the fear of resistance. – Thomas Paine

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When men yield up the privilege of thinking, the last shadow of liberty quits the horizon. – Thomas Paine

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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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The greater the difficulty, the greater the glory. – Marcus Tullius Cicero

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

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The glory of young men is their strength, and the beauty of old men is their gray head. – Bible

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