The sublime and the ridiculous are often so nearly related that it is difficult to class them separately.
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He who dares not offend cannot be honest.
Belief in a cruel God makes a cruel man.
Infidelity does not consist in believing, or in disbelieving; it consists in professing to believe what one does not believe.
If there must be trouble, let it be in my day, that my child may have peace.
To argue with a man who has renounced the use and authority of reason is like administering medicine to the dead.
The most formidable weapon against errors of every kind is Reason.
An army of principles can penetrate where an army of soldiers cannot.
I love the man that can smile in trouble, that can gather strength from distress, and grow brave by reflection.
My country is the world, and my religion is to do good.
He that would make his own liberty secure must guard even his enemy from oppression; for if he violates this duty, he establishes a precedent that will reach to himself.
We have it in our power to begin the world over again.
I offer nothing more than simple facts, plain arguments, and common sense.
Government, even in its best state, is but a necessary evil; in its worst state, an intolerable one.
Society is produced by our wants, and government by our wickedness.
A long habit of not thinking a thing wrong gives it a superficial appearance of being right.
What we obtain too cheap, we esteem too lightly; it is dearness only that gives everything its value.
Tyranny, like hell, is not easily conquered; yet we have this consolation with us, that the harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph.
These are the times that try men's souls.
The harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph.
Character is much easier kept than recovered.
Reputation is what men and women think of us; character is what God and angels know of us.