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That which we obtain too easily, we esteem too lightly.
Thomas Paine
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Thomas Paine
Age: 72 †
Born: 1737
Born: January 29
Died: 1809
Died: June 8
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Government without a constitution, is a power without a right.
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When authors and critics talk of the sublime, they see not how nearly it borders on the ridiculous.
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