Quote by Thomas Paine
A thing moderately good is not so good as it ought to be. Moderati

A thing moderately good is not so good as it ought to be. Moderation in temper is always a virtue but moderation in principle is always a vice. – Thomas Paine

Other quotes by Thomas Paine

He that rebels against reason is a real rebel, but he that in defence of reason rebels against tyranny has a better title to Defender of the Faith, than George the Third. – Thomas Paine

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Faith
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Government, even in its best state, is but a necessary evil in its worst state, an intolerable one. – Thomas Paine

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best
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It is not a God, just and good, but a devil, under the name of God, that the Bible describes. – Thomas Paine

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Im delirious with joy. It proves that if you confront the universe with good intentions in your heart, it will reflect that and reward your intent. Usually. It just doesnt always do it in the way you expect. – J. Michael Straczynski

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The word good has many meanings. For example, if a man were to shoot his grandmother at a range of five hundred yards, I should call him a good shot, but not necessarily a good man. – Gilbert K. Chesterton

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You can do more good by being good than any other way. – John Wooden

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If you want that good feeling that comes from doing things for other folks then you have to pay for it in abuse and misunderstanding. – Zora Neale Hurston

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The more laws, the less justice. – Marcus Tullius Cicero

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Sometimes a man is intensely, even passionately, attached to suffering — that is a fact. – Fyodor Dostoevsky

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Im calling my book series the with God series. And this next with God book is Friendship with God, which comes out in November. This books challenges us to bring about the end of better on this planet. – Neale Donald Walsch

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Life takes on meaning when you become motivated, set goals and charge after them in an unstoppable manner. – Les Brown

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