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An intelligent enemy is worth more than a stupid friend.
An intelligent enemy is worth more than a stupid friend.
Now, good my lord,
Let there be some more test made of my mettle
Before so noble read more
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.
All good things are cheap: all bad are very dear.
All good things are cheap: all bad are very dear.
Sometimes something worth doing is worth overdoing.
Sometimes something worth doing is worth overdoing.
(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.
O, how thy worth with manners may I sing
When thou art all the better part of me?
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O, how thy worth with manners may I sing
When thou art all the better part of me?
What can mine own praise to mine own self bring,
And what is't but mine own when I praise thee?
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.
He has paid dear, very dear, for his whistle.
He has paid dear, very dear, for his whistle.
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.