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 (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. 
 It is a maxim, that those to whom everybody allows the second 
place have an undoubted title to the read more 
 It is a maxim, that those to whom everybody allows the second 
place have an undoubted title to the first. 
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.
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.
 All human things
 Of dearest value hang on slender strings.  
 All human things
 Of dearest value hang on slender strings. 
He is rich or poor according to what he is, not according to what he has.
He is rich or poor according to what he is, not according to what he has.
Anything worth doing is worth doing slowly.rn
Anything worth doing is worth doing slowly.rn
 Nothing common can seem worthy of you.
 [Lat., Nihil vulgare te dignum videri potest.]  
 Nothing common can seem worthy of you.
 [Lat., Nihil vulgare te dignum videri potest.] 
 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.]