What we obtain too cheap, we esteem too lightly; it is dearness only t…

Thomas Paine
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What we obtain too cheap, we esteem too lightly; it is dearness only that gives everything its value. ✨ Thomas Paine (2011). Thomas Paine on Liberty: Including Common Sense and Other Writings, p.80, Skyhorse Publishing, Inc.
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