Yet it is folly to argue against determined hardness; eloquence may strike the ear, and the language of sorrow draw forth the tear of compassion, but nothing can reach the heart that is steeled with prejudice.

Thomas Paine
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  1. Love is too precious to be ashamed of. - Laurell K. Hamilton

  2. It's not at all hard to understand a person it's only hard to listen without bias. - Criss Jami

  3. There is nothing more frightful than ignorance in action. - Unknown

  4. I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character. - Unknown

  5. You can't dwell on what might have been...and it's not fair to condemn him for something he hasn't done. - Wendelin Van Draanen

More Quotes By Thomas Paine
  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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