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 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.] 
Anything worth doing well is worth doing slowly.
Anything worth doing well is worth doing slowly.
This was the penn'worth of his thought.
This was the penn'worth of his thought.
One suggestion with a spark of truth is worth a hundred repetitions of sound platitudes.
One suggestion with a spark of truth is worth a hundred repetitions of sound platitudes.
 (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. 
 I would that I were low laid in my grave.
 I am not worth this coil that's made for read more 
 I would that I were low laid in my grave.
 I am not worth this coil that's made for me. 
 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. 
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.