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Sometimes you have to let go to see if there was anything worth holding on to.
Sometimes you have to let go to see if there was anything worth holding on to.
Not worth twopence, (or I don't care twopence).
Not worth twopence, (or I don't care twopence).
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.)
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.]
All human things
Of dearest value hang on slender strings.
All human things
Of dearest value hang on slender strings.
You will always be fools! We shall never be gentlemen.
You will always be fools! We shall never be gentlemen.
In native worth and honour clad.
In native worth and honour clad.
'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?
Sometimes something worth doing is worth overdoing.
Sometimes something worth doing is worth overdoing.