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That which we obtain too easily, we esteem too lightly. - Thomas P

That which we obtain too easily, we esteem too lightly. – Thomas Paine

Other quotes by Thomas Paine

Suspicion is the companion of mean souls, and the bane of all good society. – Thomas Paine

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good
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Thomas Paine
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It is necessary to the happiness of man that he be mentally faithful to himself. Infidelity does not consist in believing, or in disbelieving, it consists in professing to believe what he does not believe. – Thomas Paine

Category:
Happiness
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Thomas Paine
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When we lose our individual independence in the corporateness of a mass movement, we find a new freedom — freedom to hate, bully, lie, torture, murder and betray without shame and remorse. – Eric Hoffer

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Wine is sure proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy. – Benjamin Franklin

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Modern man lives under the illusion that he knows what he wants, while he actually wants what he is supposed to want. – Erich Fromm, Escape from Freedom, 1941

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The first thing to learn in intercourse with others is noninterference with their own peculiar ways of being happy, provided those ways do not assume to interfere by violence with ours. – William James

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I believe in traditional marriage. – Karl Rove

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I dont think that theres been one example in history where somebody has openly talked about their personal life and its done them any good. – Rashida Jones

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