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'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.
This was the penn'worth of his thought.
This was the penn'worth of his thought.
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.
Anything worth doing well is worth doing slowly.
Anything worth doing well is worth doing slowly.
If it is worth taking, it is worth asking for.
If it is worth taking, it is worth asking for.
An ounce of enterprise is worth a pound of privilege.
An ounce of enterprise is worth a pound of privilege.
Too good for great things and too great for good.
Too good for great things and too great for good.
'Tis virtue, wit, and worth, and all
That men divine and sacred call;
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'Tis virtue, wit, and worth, and all
That men divine and sacred call;
For what is worth, in anything,
But so much money as 't will bring?
O, how thy worth with manners may I sing
When thou art all the better part of me?
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O, how thy worth with manners may I sing
When thou art all the better part of me?
What can mine own praise to mine own self bring,
And what is't but mine own when I praise thee?
