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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.
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?
Anything worth doing is worth doing slowly.rn
Anything worth doing is worth doing slowly.rn
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.
Now, good my lord,
Let there be some more test made of my mettle
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Now, good my lord,
Let there be some more test made of my mettle
Before so noble and so great a figure
Be stamped upon it.
All good things are cheap: all bad are very dear.
All good things are cheap: all bad are very dear.
Not worth twopence, (or I don't care twopence).
Not worth twopence, (or I don't care twopence).
Anger is a signal, and one worth listening to.
Anger is a signal, and one worth listening to.
In native worth and honour clad.
In native worth and honour clad.
