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I care not twopence.
I care not twopence.
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.
If it is worth taking, it is worth asking for.
If it is worth taking, it is worth asking for.
 I would that I were low laid in my grave.
 I am not worth this coil that's made for read more 
 I would that I were low laid in my grave.
 I am not worth this coil that's made for me. 
 This mournful truth is everywhere confess'd,
 Slow rises worth by poverty depress'd.  
 This mournful truth is everywhere confess'd,
 Slow rises worth by poverty depress'd. 
 (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. 
Anything worth doing well is worth doing slowly.
Anything worth doing well is worth doing slowly.
 'Tis virtue, wit, and worth, and all
 That men divine and sacred call;
  For what is worth, read more 
 'Tis virtue, wit, and worth, and all
 That men divine and sacred call;
  For what is worth, in anything,
   But so much money as 't will bring? 
 It is a maxim, that those to whom everybody allows the second 
place have an undoubted title to the read more 
 It is a maxim, that those to whom everybody allows the second 
place have an undoubted title to the first.