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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.
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.]
(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.
An intelligent enemy is worth more than a stupid friend.
An intelligent enemy is worth more than a stupid friend.
This was the penn'worth of his thought.
This was the penn'worth of his thought.
If it is worth taking, it is worth asking for.
If it is worth taking, it is worth asking for.
Too good for great things and too great for good.
Too good for great things and too great for good.
All good things are cheap: all bad are very dear.
All good things are cheap: all bad are very dear.
'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?
