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Not worth twopence, (or I don't care twopence).
Not worth twopence, (or I don't care twopence).
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.
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.
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.
You will always be fools! We shall never be gentlemen.
You will always be fools! We shall never be gentlemen.
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.
The destroyer of weeds, thistles, and thorns is a benefactor whether he soweth grain or not.
The destroyer of weeds, thistles, and thorns is a benefactor whether he soweth grain or not.
All human things
Of dearest value hang on slender strings.
All human things
Of dearest value hang on slender strings.
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.]