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Sometimes you have to let go to see if there was anything worth holding on to.
Sometimes you have to let go to see if there was anything worth holding on to.
Sometimes something worth doing is worth overdoing.
Sometimes something worth doing is worth overdoing.
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.)
Now, good my lord,
Let there be some more test made of my mettle
Before so noble read more
Now, good my lord,
Let there be some more test made of my mettle
Before so noble and so great a figure
Be stamped upon it.
(Goneril:) I have been worth the whistle.
(Albany:) O Goneril,
You are not worth the dust which read more
(Goneril:) I have been worth the whistle.
(Albany:) O Goneril,
You are not worth the dust which the rude wind
Blows in your face.
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?
Not worth twopence, (or I don't care twopence).
Not worth twopence, (or I don't care twopence).
One suggestion with a spark of truth is worth a hundred repetitions of sound platitudes.
One suggestion with a spark of truth is worth a hundred repetitions of sound platitudes.
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.
