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Suspicion is the companion of mean souls, and the bane of all good

Suspicion is the companion of mean souls, and the bane of all good society. – Thomas Paine

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I love the man that can smile in trouble, that can gather strength from distress, and grow brave by reflection. Tis the business of little minds to shrink, but he whose heart is firm, and whose conscience approves his conduct, will pursue his principles unto death. – Thomas Paine

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There are matters in the Bible, said to be done by the express commandment of God, that are shocking to humanity and to every idea we have of moral justice. – Thomas Paine

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If there must be trouble, let it be in my day, that my child may have peace. – Thomas Paine

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Wisdom allows nothing to be good that will not be so forever no man to be happy but he that needs no other happiness than what he has within himself no man to be great or powerful that is not master of himself. – Lucius Annaeus Seneca

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There is no principle worth the name if it is not wholly good. – Mahatma Gandhi

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Liars need to have good memories. – Algernon Sidney

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