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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.
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.
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.)
Too good for great things and too great for good.
Too good for great things and too great for good.
(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.
Anger is a signal, and one worth listening to.
Anger is a signal, and one worth listening to.
'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.
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.
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.]
