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Thomas Paine: Even wolves may quarrel, still they herd together.

On the recordJanuary 1, 1776
Even wolves may quarrel, still they herd together.
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Thomas Paine

Editor's note · Context

Paine uses the example of wolves to illustrate that even among animals, despite quarrels, there is a fundamental tendency to remain together.

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