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This was the penn'worth of his thought.
This was the penn'worth of his thought.
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.
All human things
Of dearest value hang on slender strings.
All human things
Of dearest value hang on slender strings.
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.]
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?
In native worth and honour clad.
In native worth and honour clad.
Not worth twopence, (or I don't care twopence).
Not worth twopence, (or I don't care twopence).
All good things are cheap: all bad are very dear.
All good things are cheap: all bad are very dear.
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.)
