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1 " What we obtain too cheap, we esteem too lightly: it is dearness only that gives every thing its value. Heaven knows how to put a proper price upon its goods; and it would be strange indeed if so celestial an article as freedom should not be highly rated. "
― Thomas Paine , The Crisis
2 " Becoming aware of the dearness in what might otherwise be regarded as mundane is the ultimate form of insight. "
― L.M. Browning , Fleeting Moments of Fierce Clarity: Journal of a New England Poet
3 " The harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph. What we obtain too cheap, we esteem too lightly; it is dearness only that gives everything its value. I love the man that can smile in trouble, that can gather strength from distress and grow. "
― Thomas Paine
4 " What we obtain too cheaply, we esteem too lightly; it's dearness only that gives everthing its value. "
5 " The harder the conflict the more glorious the triumph. What we obtain too cheap we esteem too lightly 'tis dearness only that gives everything it's value. "
6 " The harder the conflict the more glorious the triumph. What we obtain too cheaply we esteem too lightly 'tis dearness only that gives everything its value. "
7 " No nation is drunken where wine is cheap and none sober where the dearness of wine substitutes ardent spirits as the common beverage. It is in truth the only antidote to the bane of whiskey. "
