»
Quote DB
Authors
Categories
Speeches
Search
My Quote List
Add Quotes to Your Site - Quote Generator
add
quote of the day
,
random quotes
or by topic (e.g.
funny quotes
)
Quote DB
::
Authors
::
Thomas Paine
:: View Quote
View Quote
"What we obtain too cheap, we esteem too lightly." -
Copy to Clipboard
--
Thomas Paine
Listed in:
Miscellaneous
Add Quote To Your Quote List
Rating:
4.76
Rate Quote
17 votes submitted
Your Name:
Friend's Email:
Sponsored Links
Top 5 quotes from Thomas Paine
"'Tis the business of little minds to shrink, but he whose heart is firm, and whose conscience approves his conduct, will pursue his principles unto death."
"Government, even in its best state, is but a necessary evil; in its worst state, an intolerable one."
"Reputation is what men and women think of us; character is what God and angels know of us."
"When men yield up the privilege of thinking, the last shadow of liberty quits the horizon."
"Time makes more converts than reason."
Top 5 quotes from Miscellaneous
"Deliberate with caution, but act with decision; and yield with graciousness, or oppose with firmness."
"There comes a time in every rightly constructed boy's life when he has a raging desire to go somewhere and dig for hidden treasure."
"Sex and creativity are often seen by dictators as subversive activities."
"As far as I am concerned now, I have no enemies in the press whatsoever."
"Everything in the world may be endured except continued prosperity."
» Copyright © QuoteDB 2005
Quotes to your site
Links
Privacy