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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.]
This was the penn'worth of his thought.
This was the penn'worth of his thought.
I believe in the supreme worth of the individual and in his right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of read more
I believe in the supreme worth of the individual and in his right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.
Too good for great things and too great for good.
Too good for great things and too great for good.
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.
(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.
All human things
Of dearest value hang on slender strings.
All human things
Of dearest value hang on slender strings.
'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?
An ounce of enterprise is worth a pound of privilege.
An ounce of enterprise is worth a pound of privilege.