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Anything worth doing well is worth doing slowly.
Anything worth doing well is worth doing slowly.
Not worth twopence, (or I don't care twopence).
Not worth twopence, (or I don't care twopence).
He has paid dear, very dear, for his whistle.
He has paid dear, very dear, for his whistle.
An intelligent enemy is worth more than a stupid friend.
An intelligent enemy is worth more than a stupid friend.
I care not twopence.
I care not twopence.
'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.
'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?
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.]
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?
