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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.
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.
Anger is a signal, and one worth listening to.
Anger is a signal, and one worth listening to.
You will always be fools! We shall never be gentlemen.
You will always be fools! We shall never be gentlemen.
My glass is not large, but I drink from my glass.
[Fr., Mon verre n'est pas grand, mais je read more
My glass is not large, but I drink from my glass.
[Fr., Mon verre n'est pas grand, mais je bois dans mon verre.]
'Tis fortune gives us birth,
But Jove alone endues the soul with worth.
'Tis fortune gives us birth,
But Jove alone endues the soul with worth.
Anything worth doing well is worth doing slowly.
Anything worth doing well is worth doing slowly.
An ounce of enterprise is worth a pound of privilege.
An ounce of enterprise is worth a pound of privilege.
If it is worth taking, it is worth asking for.
If it is worth taking, it is worth asking for.