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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.
(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.
In native worth and honour clad.
In native worth and honour clad.
He has paid dear, very dear, for his whistle.
He has paid dear, very dear, for his whistle.
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.
They were stoned, they were sawn asunder, were tempted, were
slain with the sword: they wandered about in sheepskins read more
They were stoned, they were sawn asunder, were tempted, were
slain with the sword: they wandered about in sheepskins and
goatskins; being destitute, afflicted, and tormented;
(Of whom the world was not worthy:) they wandered in deserts,
and in mountains, and in dens and caves of the earth.
An ounce of enterprise is worth a pound of privilege.
An ounce of enterprise is worth a pound of privilege.
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.
Too good for great things and too great for good.
Too good for great things and too great for good.