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    (Goneril:) I have been worth the whistle.
    (Albany:) O Goneril,
    You are not worth the dust which the rude wind
    Blows in your face.

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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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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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Not worth twopence, (or I don't care twopence).

Not worth twopence, (or I don't care twopence).

by General Ferdinand Foch Found in: Worth Quotes,
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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.

by William Shakespeare 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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He is rich or poor according to what he is, not according to what he has.

He is rich or poor according to what he is, not according to what he has.

by Henry Ward Beecher Found in: Worth Quotes,
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Anything worth doing well is worth doing slowly.

Anything worth doing well is worth doing slowly.

by Gypsy Rose Lee Found in: Worth Quotes,
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It is easier to appear worthy of a position one does not hold,
than of the office which one read more

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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