He pities the plumage, but forgets the dying bird.

Thomas Paine · Of Burke, in The Rights of Man

I believe in one God and no more, and I hope for happiness beyond this life. I believe in the equality of man; and I believe that religious duties consist in doing justice, loving mercy, and endeavoring to make our fellow creatures happy.

Thomas Paine · The Age of Reason (1793), pt. I

Society in every state is a blessing, but Government, even in its best state, is but a necessary evil; in its worst state, an intolerable one.

Thomas Paine · Common Sense [January 9–10, 1776]

My own mind is my own church.

Thomas Paine · The Age of Reason, I

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Your levellers wish to level down as far as themselves; but they cannot bear levelling up to themselves.

Samuel Johnson

Only two topics can be of the least interest to a serious and studious mood—sex and the dead.

W. B. Yeats · The source reads: “I am still of opinion that only two topics can be of the least interest to a serious and studious mood—sex and the dead.” · The Letters of W. B. Yeats

If triangles had a god, he would have three sides.

Montesquieu

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“He pities the plumage, but forgets the dying bird.”

“I believe in one God and no more, and I hope for happiness beyond this life. I believe in the equality of man; and I believe that religious duties consist in doing justice, loving mercy, and endeavoring to make our fellow creatures happy.”

“Society in every state is a blessing, but Government, even in its best state, is but a necessary evil; in its worst state, an intolerable one.”

“My own mind is my own church.”

“Your levellers wish to level down as far as themselves; but they cannot bear levelling up to themselves.”

“Only two topics can be of the least interest to a serious and studious mood—sex and the dead.”

“If triangles had a god, he would have three sides.”