“Old houses mended,
Cost little less than new before they're ended.”
The Double Gallant, prologue (1707).
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British poet laureate 1671–1757Related quotes
“Now young people can get insurance for as little as $50 a month, less than the cost of gym shoes.”
During appearance on "Tonight Show" (21 February 2014) http://washingtonexaminer.com/michelle-obama-young-people-are-knuckleheads/article/2544377
2010s
“5485. What costs little, is less esteemed.”
Introductio ad prudentiam: Part II (1727), Gnomologia (1732)
As quoted in Gérard de Villiers (1975), The Imperial Shah: An Informal Biography, page 284
The twenty-five hundreth anniversary celebrations of Persian monarchy, taking place on October 12–16, 1971, were estimated to cost 100 million dollars.
Attributed
“The cost of liberty is less than the price of repression.”
John Brown: A Biography (1909): "The Legacy of John Brown"
In Memory Yet Green (1979), p. 200
General sources
1770s, "Give me liberty, or give me death!" (1775)
Context: The question before the House is one of awful moment to this country. For my own part, I consider it as nothing less than a question of freedom or slavery; and in proportion to the magnitude of the subject ought to be the freedom of the debate. It is only in this way that we can hope to arrive at truth, and fulfill the great responsibility which we hold to God and our country. Should I keep back my opinions at such a time, through fear of giving offense, I should consider myself as guilty of treason towards my country, and of an act of disloyalty toward the Majesty of Heaven, which I revere above all earthly kings.