Thomas Paine a-t-il vraiment dit « A long habit of not thinking a thing wrong gives it a superficial appearance of being right. » ?

Thomas Paine a-t-il vraiment dit « A long habit of not thinking a thing wrong gives it a superficial appearance of being right. » ?

Trouvé mot pour mot. Oui. Le texte figure dans des œuvres attribuées à Thomas Paine. Source et emplacement ci-dessous.

Perhaps the sentiments contained in the following pages, are not YET sufficiently fashionable to procure them general favour; a long habit of not thinking a thing WRONG, gives it a superficial appearance of being RIGHT, and raises at first a formidable outcry in defense of custom. But the tumult soon subsides. Time makes more converts than reason.
Common Sense — Thomas Paine, ¶13 · Public domain (US), Project Gutenberg #147 · source

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