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Not worth twopence, (or I don't care twopence).
Not worth twopence, (or I don't care twopence).
Too good for great things and too great for good.
Too good for great things and too great for good.
'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.
This was the penn'worth of his thought.
This was the penn'worth of his thought.
I care not twopence.
I care not twopence.
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.
He has paid dear, very dear, for his whistle.
He has paid dear, very dear, for his whistle.
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.
(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.
