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Not worth twopence, (or I don't care twopence).
Not worth twopence, (or I don't care twopence).
Progress, far from consisting of change, depends on retentiveness... Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.
Progress, far from consisting of change, depends on retentiveness... Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.
The two Great Unknowns, the two Illustrious Conjecturabilities!
They are the best known unknown persons that have ever drawn read more
The two Great Unknowns, the two Illustrious Conjecturabilities!
They are the best known unknown persons that have ever drawn
breath upon the planet. (the Devil and Shakespeare.)
An ounce of enterprise is worth a pound of privilege.
An ounce of enterprise is worth a pound of privilege.
Happiness is the longing for repetition.
Happiness is the longing for repetition.
Men get opinions as boys learn to spell, By reiteration chiefly.
Men get opinions as boys learn to spell, By reiteration chiefly.
O, how thy worth with manners may I sing
When thou art all the better part of me?
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O, how thy worth with manners may I sing
When thou art all the better part of me?
What can mine own praise to mine own self bring,
And what is't but mine own when I praise thee?
'Tis fortune gives us birth,
But Jove alone endues the soul with worth.
'Tis fortune gives us birth,
But Jove alone endues the soul with worth.
Anything worth doing well is worth doing slowly.
Anything worth doing well is worth doing slowly.
