Quotation by

Thomas Paine

It is necessary to the happiness of man that he be mentally faithful to himself. Infidelity does not consist in believing, or in disbelieving, it consists in professing to believe what he does not believe.

Thomas Paine

Happiness

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Thomas Paine means that true happiness comes from being honest with your own thoughts and feelings. He argues that the real problem is pretending to believe something you don’t truly accept, rather than the actual beliefs themselves.

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