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

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If humanity does not opt for integrity we are through completely. It is absolutely touch and go. Each one of us could make the difference. – Richard Buckminster Fuller

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In great matters men show themselves as they wish to be seen; in small matters, as they are. – Gamaliel Bradford

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To know what is right and not do it is the worst cowardice. – Confucius

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A pure hand needs no glove to cover it. – Nathaniel Hawthorne, The Scarlet Letter, 1850

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Ideas are, in truth, force. – Henry James

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Concerning culture as a process, one would say that it means learning a great many things and then forgetting them and the forgetting is as necessary as the learning. – Albert J. Nock

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Ultimately, literature is nothing but carpentry…. Both are very hard work. Writing something is almost as hard as making a table. With both you are working with reality, a material just as hard as wood. Both are full of tricks and techniques. Basically very little magic and a lot of hard work… – Gabriel Garcia Marquez, interview, The Paris Review, 1981

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Politics, n: [Poly “many” + tics “blood-sucking parasites”] – Larry Hardiman

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