Quotes from Thomas Paine

Science, the partisan of no country, but the beneficent patroness of all, has liberally opened a temple where all may meet. Her influence on the mind, like the sun on the chilled earth, has long been preparing it for higher cultivation and further improvement. The philosopher of one country sees not an enemy in the philosophy of another: he takes his seat in the temple of science, and asks not who sits beside him. —Thomas Paine, 17781

Günümüzde var olan tüm bilimsel bilgi bize ya Eski Yunanl?lardan ya da Eski Yunanca konuÅŸan topluluklardan gelmiÅŸtir. Bu nedenle, baÅŸka uluslar?n Yunanl?lar?n sahip olduÄŸu bilgiyi edinebilmesi için bu uluslardan baz? kiÅŸilerin Yunanca öÄŸrenmesi ve Yunanca bilim ve felsefe kitaplar?n? bu uluslar?n dillerine çevirmesi gerekmiÅŸti.

Tek Tanr?'ya inan?r?m, ba?ka bir ?eye de?il; bu ya?amdan sonra da mutluluk olmas?n? umut ederim.

Every age and generation must be as free to act for itself in all cases as the age and generations which preceded it. The vanity and presumption of governing beyond the grave is the most ridiculous and insolent of all tyrannies. Man has no property in man;

Her türlü yanl??a kar?? en amans?z silah Ak?l'd?r.

There is a happiness in Deism, when rightly understood, that is not to be found in any other system of religion. All other systems have something in them that either shock our reason, or are repugnant to it, and man, if he thinks at all, must stifle his reason in order to force himself to believe them.

Dukhoborcheskaya

Man was his high and only title, and a higher title cannot be given him

To begin government at the right end.

Uydurma olmayan ve içinde özgün ilahiliÄŸin tüm kan?tlar?n? bar?nd?ran tek din saf ve basit deizmdir

A firm bargain and a right reckoning make long friends.

though he may be cruel, never can be brave. But

Hij die zijn eigen vrijheid veilig wil stellen, moet zelfs zijn vijand tegen onderdrukking beschermen, want als hij die plicht schendt, schept hij een precedent dat op hemzelf terug zal slaan.

Wat wij te goedkoop verwerven, schatten we te laag in. Het is duurte die alles zijn waarde geeft.

Benjamin Franklin'i bilenler zihninin daima genç, karakterinin de daima dingin olduÄŸunu hat?rlayacakt?r; asla yaÅŸlanmayan bilim, daima onun sevgilisi olmuÅŸtur. Hiçbir zaman amaçs?z kalmam??t?r; amaçs?z kal?rsak, hastanede ölümü bekleyen bir sakattan fark?m?z kalmaz.

Let the names of Whig and Tory be extinct; and let none other be heard among us, than those of a good citizen; an open and resolute friend; and a virtuous supporter of the RIGHTS of MANKIND, and of the FREE AND INDEPENDANT STATES OF AMERICA.

Every national church or religion has established itself by pretending some special mission from God, communicated to certain individuals.

I would give worlds, if I had them, that the Age of Reason had never been published. Oh, god, save me; for I am at the edge of hell alone.

Freedom had been hunted round the globe; reason was considered as rebellion; and the slavery of fear had made men afraid to think. But such is the irresistible nature of truth, that all it asks, and all it wants, is the liberty of appearing.

H?ristiyan inanc?n?n destekçileri ya da taraftarlar? inanmasa ya da kabul etmese de cehalet dönemi H?ristiyanl?k sistemiyle baÅŸlam??t?r

H?ristiyan kilisesi ad? verilen kuram?n pagan mitolojisinin kuyruÄŸuna tak?l?p yeÅŸerdiÄŸini gözlemlemek ilgi çekicidir.

Ä°nsanl??? sarsan en iÄŸrenç kötülükler, en korkunç ac?mas?zl?klar, en büyük sefaletler temelini vahiy ya da gökten indirilen din denilen bu olguda bulmaktad?r. Ä°nsan?n yarat?l???ndan bu yana yay?lmas?na çal???lan yüceliÄŸin niteliÄŸine kar?? en onursuz inanç, ahlaka ve insan?n mutluluÄŸuna kar?? en kar?? en y?k?c? ÅŸey bu oldu

The trinity of gods that then followed was no other than a reduction of the former plurality, which was about twenty or thirty thousand: the statue of Mary succeeded the statue of Diana of Ephesus; the deification of heroes changed into the canonization of saints; the Mythologists had gods for everything; the Christian Mythologists had saints for everything; the church became as crowded with one, as the Pantheon had been with the other, and Rome was the place of both.

nothing flatters vanity, or confirms obstinacy in Kings more than repeated petitioning