It is necessary to the happiness of man that he be mentally faithful t…

Thomas Paine
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It is necessary to the happiness of man that he be mentally faithful to himself. Infidelity does not consist in believing, or in disbelieving, it consists in professing to believe what he does not believe. ✨ The Age of Reason pt. 1 (1794)
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