When we are planning for posterity, we ought to remember that virtue is not hereditary

Quote by Thomas Paine

Topics: Education Quotes, Planning Quotes, Virtue Quotes

Is it a fact that Jesus Christ died for the sins of the world, and...

Is it a fact that Jesus Christ died for the sins of the world, and...

Moderation in temper is always a virtue; but moderation in principle is always a vice

Moderation in temper is always a virtue; but moderation in principle is always a vice

Those who expect to reap the blessings of freedom, must, like men, undergo the fatigue...

Those who expect to reap the blessings of freedom, must, like men, undergo the fatigue...

It has been the political career of this man to begin with hypocrisy, proceed with...

It has been the political career of this man to begin with hypocrisy, proceed with...

The book called the Bible has been voted by men, and decreed by human laws...

The book called the Bible has been voted by men, and decreed by human laws...

My mind is my own church.

My mind is my own church.

Arms discourage and keep the invader and plunderer in awe, and preserve order in the...

Arms discourage and keep the invader and plunderer in awe, and preserve order in the...

For my own part, my belief in the perfection of the Deity will not permit...

For my own part, my belief in the perfection of the Deity will not permit...

A thing moderately good is not so good as it ought to be. Moderation in...

A thing moderately good is not so good as it ought to be. Moderation in...

I love the man that can smile in trouble, that can gather strength from distress,...

I love the man that can smile in trouble, that can gather strength from distress,...

But there is not a passage in the Old Testament that speaks of a person,...

But there is not a passage in the Old Testament that speaks of a person,...

It is error only, and not truth, that shrinks from inquiry.

It is error only, and not truth, that shrinks from inquiry.

A long habit of not thinking a thing wrong gives it the superficial appearance of...

A long habit of not thinking a thing wrong gives it the superficial appearance of...

He that would make his own liberty secure, must guard even his enemy from opposition;...

He that would make his own liberty secure, must guard even his enemy from opposition;...

He that rebels against reason is a real rebel, but he that in defence of...

He that rebels against reason is a real rebel, but he that in defence of...

Belief in a cruel God makes a cruel man

Belief in a cruel God makes a cruel man

It is necessary to the happiness of man that he be mentally faithful to himself....

It is necessary to the happiness of man that he be mentally faithful to himself....

Such silence has an actual sound, the sound of disappearance.

Such silence has an actual sound, the sound of disappearance.

Infidelity in woman is a masculine trait

Infidelity in woman is a masculine trait

Boredom, after all, is a form of criticism

Boredom, after all, is a form of criticism