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I care not twopence.
I care not twopence.
Too good for great things and too great for good.
Too good for great things and too great for good.
He has paid dear, very dear, for his whistle.
He has paid dear, very dear, for his whistle.
In native worth and honour clad.
In native worth and honour clad.
This mournful truth is everywhere confess'd,
Slow rises worth by poverty depress'd.
This mournful truth is everywhere confess'd,
Slow rises worth by poverty depress'd.
Sometimes something worth doing is worth overdoing.
Sometimes something worth doing is worth overdoing.
Anger is a signal, and one worth listening to.
Anger is a signal, and one worth listening to.
'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?
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.