A person is never happy except at the price of some ignorance. Anatole France
Is life so dear or peace so sweet as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery? Forbid it, Almighty God! I know not what course others may take, but as for me, give me liberty, or give me death! Patrick Henry
An attempt to achieve the good by force is like an attempt to provide a man with a picture gallery at the price of cutting out his eyes. Ayn Rand
The material world has only been constructed at the price of taking the self, that is, mind, out of it, removing it; mind is not part of it... Erwin Schrödinger
One learns one's mystery at the price of one's innocence. Robertson Davies
I would not purchase it at the price of a rotten nut. Latin Proverb