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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.
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.)
All good things are cheap: all bad are very dear.
All good things are cheap: all bad are very dear.
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.
(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.
If it is worth taking, it is worth asking for.
If it is worth taking, it is worth asking for.
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.
Too good for great things and too great for good.
Too good for great things and too great for good.
