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“ That which is now called learning, was not learning originally. Learning does not consist, as the schools now make it consist, in the knowledge of languages, but in the knowledge of things to which language gives names. ”

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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.

~ Thomas Paine

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.

~ Thomas Paine

The mind once enlightened cannot again become dark.

~ Thomas Paine

He who dares not offend cannot be honest.

~ Thomas Paine