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It's not what you pay a man, but what he costs you that counts.
It's not what you pay a man, but what he costs you that counts.
You will always be fools! We shall never be gentlemen.
You will always be fools! We shall never be gentlemen.
Not worth twopence, (or I don't care twopence).
Not worth twopence, (or I don't care twopence).
I care not twopence.
I care not twopence.
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.)
If you love the sacred and despise the ordinary, you are still bobbing in the ocean of delusion.
If you love the sacred and despise the ordinary, you are still bobbing in the ocean of delusion.
It is easier to appear worthy of a position one does not hold,
than of the office which one read more
It is easier to appear worthy of a position one does not hold,
than of the office which one fills.
[Fr., Il est plus facile de paraitre digne des emplois qu'on n'a
pas que de ceux que l'on exerce.]
He has paid dear, very dear, for his whistle.
He has paid dear, very dear, for his whistle.
All human things
Of dearest value hang on slender strings.
All human things
Of dearest value hang on slender strings.