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Anything worth doing is worth doing slowly.rn
Anything worth doing is worth doing slowly.rn
Not worth twopence, (or I don't care twopence).
Not worth twopence, (or I don't care twopence).
He has paid dear, very dear, for his whistle.
He has paid dear, very dear, for his whistle.
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.
It is a maxim, that those to whom everybody allows the second
place have an undoubted title to the read more
It is a maxim, that those to whom everybody allows the second
place have an undoubted title to the first.
Now, good my lord,
Let there be some more test made of my mettle
Before so noble read more
Now, good my lord,
Let there be some more test made of my mettle
Before so noble and so great a figure
Be stamped upon it.
Anger is a signal, and one worth listening to.
Anger is a signal, and one worth listening to.
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.
'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.
