- Thomas Paine
(01/29/1737 – 06/08/1809)
US author, founding father, patriot
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"Patience is the key to contentment."
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"The United States of America will sound as pompously in the world or in history as The Kingdom of Great Britain."
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"I pant for retirement and leisure, but am doomed to inexpressible and almost unsupportable hurry."
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"I do not forget that I am a mechanic. I am proud to own it. Neither do I forget that the apostle Paul was a tentmaker; Socrates was a sculptor; and Archimedes was a mechanic."
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"Dogmatism is puppyism come to its full growth."
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"Simplicity is the most difficult thing to secure in this world; it is the last limit of experience and the last effort of genius."
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"Never hurry. Take plenty of exercise. Always be cheerful. Take all the sleep you need. You may expect to be well."
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"The greatest joy in nature is the absence of man."
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"A first-rate soup is more creative than a second-rate painting."
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"How old would you be if you didn't know how old you was?"
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