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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.
This was the penn'worth of his thought.
This was the penn'worth of his thought.
It is easier to appear worthy of a position one does not hold,
than of the office which one read more
It is easier to appear worthy of a position one does not hold,
than of the office which one fills.
[Fr., Il est plus facile de paraitre digne des emplois qu'on n'a
pas que de ceux que l'on exerce.]
The destroyer of weeds, thistles, and thorns is a benefactor whether he soweth grain or not.
The destroyer of weeds, thistles, and thorns is a benefactor whether he soweth grain or not.
'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.
Anger is a signal, and one worth listening to.
Anger is a signal, and one worth listening to.
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.
(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.
Sometimes something worth doing is worth overdoing.
Sometimes something worth doing is worth overdoing.
