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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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This mournful truth is everywhere confess'd,
Slow rises worth by poverty depress'd.

This mournful truth is everywhere confess'd,
Slow rises worth by poverty depress'd.

by Samuel Johnson Found in: Worth Quotes,
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It is a maxim, that those to whom everybody allows the second
place have an undoubted title to the read more

It is a maxim, that those to whom everybody allows the second
place have an undoubted title to the first.

by Jonathan Swift Found in: Worth Quotes,
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An intelligent enemy is worth more than a stupid friend.

An intelligent enemy is worth more than a stupid friend.

by Senegalese Proverb Found in: Worth Quotes,
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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.

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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.

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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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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.]

by Augustus Caesar Found in: Worth Quotes,
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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.

by Will Rogers Found in: Worth Quotes,
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Anger is a signal, and one worth listening to.

Anger is a signal, and one worth listening to.

by Harriet Lerner Found in: Worth Quotes,
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