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"And the final event to himself [Mr. Burke] has been, that, as he rose like a rocket, he fell like the stick."
Thomas Paine / Letter to the Addressers.

Letter to the Addressers.

Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain

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"These are the times that try men's souls."
Thomas Paine / The American Crisis. No. 1.

The American Crisis. No. 1.

Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain

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"The sublime and the ridiculous are often so nearly related, that it is difficult to class them separately. One step above the sublime makes the ridiculous, and one step above the ridiculous makes the sublime again."
Thomas Paine / Age of Reason. Part ii. note.

Age of Reason. Part ii. note.

Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain

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