A long habit of not thinking a thing wrong gives it a superficial appe…

Thomas Paine
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A long habit of not thinking a thing wrong gives it a superficial appearance of being right. ✨ Thomas Paine, Thomas Jefferson (1988). Paine and Jefferson on Liberty, p.25, Bloomsbury Publishing USA
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A long habit of not thinking a thing wrong gives it a superficial appearance of being right. ✨ Thomas Paine, Thomas Jefferson (1988). Paine and Jefferson on Liberty, p.25, Bloomsbury Publishing USA

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