A long habit of not thinking a thing wrong gives it a superficial appearance of being right. – Thomas Paine
The real man smiles in trouble, gathers strength from distress, and grows brave by reflection. – Thomas Paine

A long habit of not thinking a thing wrong gives it a superficial appearance of being right. – Thomas Paine
The real man smiles in trouble, gathers strength from distress, and grows brave by reflection. – Thomas Paine
The final event to himself has been, that as he rose like a rocket, he fell like the stick. – Thomas Paine
When men yield up the privilege of thinking, the last shadow of liberty quits the horizon. – Thomas Paine