On the recordJanuary 1, 1776
You felt none for others; you deserve none for yourselves.
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Thomas Paine
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gutenberg.orgThomas Paine: “You felt none for others; you deserve none for yourselves.”
Editor's note · Context
From a series of pamphlets written during the American Revolution, this passage delivers a blunt judgment that those who showed no pity for others deserve none for themselves.
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