The real man smiles in trouble, gathers strength from distress, and grows brave by reflection.
Tag: Thomas Paine
Better fare hard with good men than feast it with bad.
The world is my country, all mankind are my brethren, and to do good is my religion.
Whenever we read the obscene stories, the voluptuous debaucheries, the cruel and torturous executions, the unrelenting vindictiveness, with which more than half the bible is filled, it would seem more consistent that we called it the word of a demon than the Word of God. It is a history of
The instant formal government is abolished, society begins to act. A general association takes place, and common interest produces common security.
Whenever we read the obscene stories, the voluptuous debaucheries, the cruel and torturous executions, the unrelenting vindictiveness, with which more than half the bible is filled, it would seem more consistent that we called it the word of a demon than the Word of God. It is a history of
“What is it the Bible teaches us? – rapine, cruelty, and murder. What is it the Testament teaches us? – to believe that the Almighty committed debauchery with a woman engaged to be married, and the belief of this debauchery is called faith.