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Anything worth doing well is worth doing slowly.
Anything worth doing well is worth doing slowly.
Too good for great things and too great for good.
Too good for great things and too great for good.
In native worth and honour clad.
In native worth and honour clad.
An ounce of enterprise is worth a pound of privilege.
An ounce of enterprise is worth a pound of privilege.
I would that I were low laid in my grave.
I am not worth this coil that's made for read more
I would that I were low laid in my grave.
I am not worth this coil that's made for me.
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.
He has paid dear, very dear, for his whistle.
He has paid dear, very dear, for his whistle.
Nothing common can seem worthy of you.
[Lat., Nihil vulgare te dignum videri potest.]
Nothing common can seem worthy of you.
[Lat., Nihil vulgare te dignum videri potest.]