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Worth makes the man, and want of it the fellow;
The rest is all but leather and prunello.
Worth makes the man, and want of it the fellow;
The rest is all but leather and prunello.
All human things
Of dearest value hang on slender strings.
All human things
Of dearest value hang on slender strings.
(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.
I care not twopence.
I care not twopence.
You will always be fools! We shall never be gentlemen.
You will always be fools! We shall never be gentlemen.
Anything worth doing well is worth doing slowly.
Anything worth doing well is worth doing slowly.
Not worth twopence, (or I don't care twopence).
Not worth twopence, (or I don't care twopence).
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.
Nothing common can seem worthy of you.
[Lat., Nihil vulgare te dignum videri potest.]
Nothing common can seem worthy of you.
[Lat., Nihil vulgare te dignum videri potest.]