A thing moderately good is not so good as it ought to be. Moderation in temper is always a virtue; but moderation in principle is always a vice. -Thomas Paine

 

A thing moderately good is not so good as it ought to be. Moderation in temper is always a virtue; but moderation in principle is always a vice.


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Character is much easier kept than recovered.

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I love the man that can smile in trouble, that can gather strength from distress, and grow brave by reflection.

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When we are planning for posterity, we ought to remember that virtue is not hereditary. -Thomas Paine
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'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.

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