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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?
He has paid dear, very dear, for his whistle.
He has paid dear, very dear, for his whistle.
All good things are cheap: all bad are very dear.
All good things are cheap: all bad are very dear.
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.]
Not worth twopence, (or I don't care twopence).
Not worth twopence, (or I don't care twopence).
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.
Anything worth doing is worth doing slowly.rn
Anything worth doing is worth doing slowly.rn
(Goneril:) I have been worth the whistle.
(Albany:) O Goneril,
You are not worth the dust which read more
(Goneril:) I have been worth the whistle.
(Albany:) O Goneril,
You are not worth the dust which the rude wind
Blows in your face.
Worth makes the man, and want of it the fellow;
The rest is all but leather and prunello.
Worth makes the man, and want of it the fellow;
The rest is all but leather and prunello.