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If it is worth taking, it is worth asking for.
If it is worth taking, it is worth asking for.
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 intelligent enemy is worth more than a stupid friend.
An intelligent enemy is worth more than a stupid friend.
In native worth and honour clad.
In native worth and honour clad.
Now, good my lord,
Let there be some more test made of my mettle
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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.
He is rich or poor according to what he is, not according to what he has.
He is rich or poor according to what he is, not according to what he has.
Sometimes something worth doing is worth overdoing.
Sometimes something worth doing is worth overdoing.
'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?
Too good for great things and too great for good.
Too good for great things and too great for good.