Character is much easier kept than recovered.

Thomas Paine
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  1. Independence is my happiness, and I view things as they are, without regard to place or person; my country is the world, and my religion is to do good.

  2. Let them call me a rebel and welcome. I feel no concern from it. But should I suffer the misery of devils, were I to make a whore of my soul.

  3. It is error only, and not truth, that shrinks from inquiry.

  4. The mind once enlightened cannot again become dark.

  5. He who dares not offend cannot be honest.

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