These are the times that try men’s souls. The summer soldier and the sunshine patriot will, in this crisis, shrink from the service of their country; but he that stands it now, deserves the love and thanks of man and woman.
Thomas Paine
- Life
- 1737-1809
- Occupations
- philosopher, politician, writer
- Notable works
- Common Sense, The Age of Reason, Rights of Man
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These are the times that try men's souls. The summer soldier and the sunshine patriot will, in this crisis, shrink from the service of their country; but he that stands it now, deserves the love and thanks of man and woman. Common Sense (1776)
Thomas Paine
Time makes more converts than reason.
Thomas Paine