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Not worth twopence, (or I don't care twopence).
Not worth twopence, (or I don't care twopence).
My glass is not large, but I drink from my glass.
[Fr., Mon verre n'est pas grand, mais je read more
My glass is not large, but I drink from my glass.
[Fr., Mon verre n'est pas grand, mais je bois dans mon verre.]
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.
It is easier to appear worthy of a position one does not hold,
than of the office which one read more
It is easier to appear worthy of a position one does not hold,
than of the office which one fills.
[Fr., Il est plus facile de paraitre digne des emplois qu'on n'a
pas que de ceux que l'on exerce.]
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.
An intelligent enemy is worth more than a stupid friend.
An intelligent enemy is worth more than a stupid friend.
'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.
Too good for great things and too great for good.
Too good for great things and too great for good.
Sometimes something worth doing is worth overdoing.
Sometimes something worth doing is worth overdoing.
