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All human things
Of dearest value hang on slender strings.
All human things
Of dearest value hang on slender strings.
All good things are cheap: all bad are very dear.
All good things are cheap: all bad are very dear.
He has paid dear, very dear, for his whistle.
He has paid dear, very dear, for his whistle.
'Tis fortune gives us birth,
But Jove alone endues the soul with worth.
'Tis fortune gives us birth,
But Jove alone endues the soul with worth.
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.
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.
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.
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.)
'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?
