It is from our enemies that we often gain excellent maxims, and are fr… — Common Sense

Common Sense — Thomas Paine

It is from our enemies that we often gain excellent maxims, and are frequently surprised into reason by their mistakes, Mr. Cornwall (one of the Lords of the Treasury) treated the petition of the New-York Assembly with contempt, because THAT House, he said, consisted but of twenty-six members, which trifling number, he argued, could not with decency be put for the whole. We thank him for his involuntary honesty.[4]

Σημείο: ¶152
Άδεια: Public domain · Πηγή
Το κείμενο δίνεται όπως στην έκδοση, χωρίς αλλαγές.

← ΠίσωΕπόμενα →Έλεγξε το δικό σου απόφθεγμα