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We value too lightly what we get too cheaply; only its cost gives a thing its value
Drawn from what Thomas Paine said
What Thomas Paine actually said
- Thomas Paine Pamphleteer and revolutionary (1737 to 1809)
What we obtain too cheap, we esteem too lightly: it is dearness only that gives every thing its value.
Where this was said
↗The American Crisis, No. I (1776)gutenberg.org
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