Quote by Thomas Paine
A long habit of not thinking a thing wrong gives it a superficial

A long habit of not thinking a thing wrong gives it a superficial appearance of being right. – Thomas Paine

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Is it not a species of blasphemy to call the New Testament revealed religion, when we see in it such contradictions and absurdities. – Thomas Paine

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Any system of religion that has anything in it that shocks the mind of a child, cannot be true. – Thomas Paine

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I hate mankind, for I think myself one of the best of them, and I know how bad I am. – Joseph Baretti, quoted by James Boswell, 1766 (commonly misattributed to Samuel

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You can out-distance that which is running after you, but not what is running inside you. – Rwandan Proverb

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Your life works to the degree you keep your agreements. – Werner Erhard

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Your life may be the only Bible some people read. – Author Unknown

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