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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.
(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.
Now, good my lord,
Let there be some more test made of my mettle
Before so noble read more
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.
This was the penn'worth of his thought.
This was the penn'worth of his thought.
I care not twopence.
I care not twopence.
He has paid dear, very dear, for his whistle.
He has paid dear, very dear, for his whistle.
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.
You will always be fools! We shall never be gentlemen.
You will always be fools! We shall never be gentlemen.
An ounce of enterprise is worth a pound of privilege.
An ounce of enterprise is worth a pound of privilege.