Zitate von Thomas Paine
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Kredit ist schlummerndes Mißtrauen.
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Politiker, Schriftsteller, Unterstützer der Französischen Revolution (England/USA, 1737 - 1809).
Thomas Paine · Geburtsdatum · Sterbedatum
Thomas Paine wäre heute 287 Jahre, 3 Monate, 6 Tage oder 104.921 Tage alt.
Geboren am 29.01.1737 in Thetford/Norfolk/England
Gestorben am 08.06.1809 in New York
Sternzeichen: ♒ Wassermann
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Weitere 68 Zitate von Thomas Paine
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Public money ought to be touched with the most scrupulous conscientiousness of honor. It is not the produce of riches only, but of the hard earnings of labor and poverty. It is drawn even from the bitterness of want and misery. Not a beggar passes, or perishes in the streets, whose mite is not in that mass.
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Religion consists in being just and merciful, trying to render all fellow creatures happy.
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Reputation is what men and women think of us; character is what God and angels know of us.
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Society in every state is a blessing, but government even in its best state, is but a necessary evil; in its worst state, an intolerable one.
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The harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph. What we obtain too cheap, we esteem too lightly; 'tis dearness only that gives everything its value. 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 until death.
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The religion of humanity.
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The sublime and the ridiculous are often so nearly related, that it is difficult to class them separately. One step above the sublime, makes the ridiculous; and one step above the ridiculous, makes the sublime again.
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The world is my country, all mankind are my brethren, and to do good is my religion.
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There are two distinct classes of what are called thoughts: those that we produce in ourselves by reflection and the act of thinking and those that bolt into the mind of their own accord.
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These are the times that try men's souls. The summer soldier and the sunshine patriot will, in this crisis, shrink from the service of their country; but he that stands it now, deserves the love and thanks of men and women.
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Those who expect to reap the blessings of freedom must, like men, undergo the fatigue of supporting it.
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Titles are but nick-names, and every nick-name is a title.
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Virtue is not hereditary.
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When we are planning for posterity, we ought to remember that virtue is not hereditary.
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When, in countries that are called civilized, we see age going to the workhouse and youth to the gallows, something must be wrong in the system of government.
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C'est un affront que de traiter le mensonage avec complaisance.
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Ce qu'on appelle la civilisation a contribué à rendre une partie de la société plus heureuse, et l'autre plus malheureuse que l'une et l'autre ne l'auraient été à l'état de nature.
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La calomnie est un vice curieux: tenter de le tuer le fait vivre; le laisser tranquille le fait périr de mort naturelle.
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La modération dans le tempérament est toujours une vertu; dans les principes, c'est toujours un vice.
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La religion c'est d'être juste et miséricordieux et d'essayer à rendre toutes les créatures heureuses.
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