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A long habit of not thinking a thing wrong gives it a superficial appearance of being right.

A long habit of not thinking a thing wrong gives it a superficial appearance of being right.

Thomas Paine
Integrity, Ignorance, Character
Thomas Paine, Thomas Jefferson (1988). “Paine and Jefferson on Liberty”, p.25, Bloomsbury Publishing USA

When a man has so far corrupted and prostituted the chastity of his mind, as to [profess] things he does not believe, he has prepared himself for the commission of every other crime.

Thomas Paine
Honesty, Integrity, Believe
Thomas Paine (1861). “The Age of Reason, etc”, p.1

Character is much easier kept than recovered.

Thomas Paine
Life, Integrity, War
Thomas Paine (1819). “The American Crisis”, p.190

It is necessary to the happiness of man that he be mentally faithful to himself. Infidelity does not consist in believing, or in disbelieving, it consists in professing to believe what he does not believe.

Thomas Paine
Happiness, Motivation, Integrity
The Age of Reason pt. 1 (1794)

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