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The two Great Unknowns, the two Illustrious Conjecturabilities!
They are the best known unknown persons that have ever drawn read more
The two Great Unknowns, the two Illustrious Conjecturabilities!
They are the best known unknown persons that have ever drawn
breath upon the planet. (the Devil and Shakespeare.)
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.
(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.
Sometimes you have to let go to see if there was anything worth holding on to.
Sometimes you have to let go to see if there was anything worth holding on to.
All human things
Of dearest value hang on slender strings.
All human things
Of dearest value hang on slender strings.
I care not twopence.
I care not twopence.
He has paid dear, very dear, for his whistle.
He has paid dear, very dear, for his whistle.
This was the penn'worth of his thought.
This was the penn'worth of his thought.
Too good for great things and too great for good.
Too good for great things and too great for good.