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    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.]

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All good things are cheap: all bad are very dear.

All good things are cheap: all bad are very dear.

by Henry David Thoreau Found in: Worth Quotes,
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A pilot's part in calms cannot be spy'd,
In dangerous times true worth is only tri'd.

A pilot's part in calms cannot be spy'd,
In dangerous times true worth is only tri'd.

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'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?

by Samuel Butler Found in: Worth Quotes,
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Where quality is the thing sought after, the thing of supreme quality is cheap, whatever the price one has to read more

Where quality is the thing sought after, the thing of supreme quality is cheap, whatever the price one has to pay for it.

by William James Found in: Worth Quotes,
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In native worth and honour clad.

In native worth and honour clad.

by Franz Joseph Haydn Found in: Worth Quotes,
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I believe in the supreme worth of the individual and in his right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of read more

I believe in the supreme worth of the individual and in his right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.

by John D. Rockefeller Found in: Worth Quotes,
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All human things
Of dearest value hang on slender strings.

All human things
Of dearest value hang on slender strings.

by Edmund Waller Found in: Worth Quotes,
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You will always be fools! We shall never be gentlemen.

You will always be fools! We shall never be gentlemen.

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Too good for great things and too great for good.

Too good for great things and too great for good.

by Thomas Fuller Found in: Worth Quotes,
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