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Quote DB :: Authors :: Thomas Paine :: View Quote View Quote "We can only reason from what is; we can reason on actualities, but not on possibilities." - Copy to Clipboard   --  Thomas Paine Listed in: Philosophy Add Quote To Your Quote List   Rating: 4  Rate Quote 4 votes submitted Your Name: Friend's Email: Sponsored Links Top 5 quotes from Thomas Paine "'Tis the business of little minds to shrink, but he whose heart is firm, and whose conscience approves his conduct, will pursue his principles unto death." "Government, even in its best state, is but a necessary evil; in its worst state, an intolerable one." "Reputation is what men and women think of us; character is what God and angels know of us." "When men yield up the privilege of thinking, the last shadow of liberty quits the horizon." "Time makes more converts than reason." Top 5 quotes from Philosophy "I have gained this from philosophy: that I do without being commanded what others do only from fear of the law." "There is but one truly serious philosophical problem, and that is suicide. Judging whether life is or is not worth living amounts to answering the fundamental question of philosophy." "My advice to you is to get married. If you find a good wife you'll be happy; if not you'll become a philosopher." "Never judge a philosophy by its abuse." "The philosophy of one century is the common sense of the next."

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