Associations to the word «Paine»

Wiktionary

PAINE, proper noun. An English surname, of Norman derivation, meaning someone who lived outside of a city (See Latin pagus).

Dictionary definition

PAINE, noun. American Revolutionary leader and signer of the Declaration of Independence (1731-1814).
PAINE, noun. American Revolutionary leader and pamphleteer (born in England) who supported the American colonist's fight for independence and supported the French Revolution (1737-1809).

Wise words

Life has no meaning unless one lives it with a will, at least to the limit of one's will. Virtue, good, evil are nothing but words, unless one takes them apart in order to build something with them; they do not win their true meaning until one knows how to apply them.
Paul Gauguin