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An intelligent enemy is worth more than a stupid friend.
An intelligent enemy is worth more than a stupid friend.
 '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? 
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.
If you love the sacred and despise the ordinary, you are still bobbing in the ocean of delusion.
If you love the sacred and despise the ordinary, you are still bobbing in the ocean of delusion.
 O, how thy worth with manners may I sing
 When thou art all the better part of me?
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 O, how thy worth with manners may I sing
 When thou art all the better part of me?
  What can mine own praise to mine own self bring,
   And what is't but mine own when I praise thee? 
 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.] 
He has paid dear, very dear, for his whistle.
He has paid dear, very dear, for his whistle.
An ounce of enterprise is worth a pound of privilege.
An ounce of enterprise is worth a pound of privilege.
Not worth twopence, (or I don't care twopence).
Not worth twopence, (or I don't care twopence).