What we obtain too cheap we esteem too lightly?

What we obtain too cheap we esteem too lightly?

What we obtain too cheaply we esteem too lightly; it is dearness only that gives everything 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 American Crisis No. 1, 1776.

What we obtain too cheap we esteem to lightly meaning?

It basically means if we don’t work for it we don’t value it highly. It was said by Thomas Paine to inspire the people of the United States. It basically means if we don’t work for it we don’t value it highly. It was said by Thomas Paine to inspire the people of the United States.

What we obtain too cheap we esteem too lightly tis dearness only that gives everything its value?

Paine wrote, what we obtain too cheap, we esteem too lightly: tis’ dearness only that gives everything its value the heart that feels not now is dead: the blood of his children will curse his cowardice, who shrinks back at a time when a little might have saved the whole, and made them happy.

Who said the harder the conflict the more glorious the triumph?

Thomas Paine