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    It is easier to appear worthy of a position one does not hold,
    than of the office which one fills.
    [Fr., Il est plus facile de paraitre digne des emplois qu'on n'a
    pas que de ceux que l'on exerce.]

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This was the penn'worth of his thought.

This was the penn'worth of his thought.

by Samuel Butler Found in: Worth Quotes,
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If you love the sacred and despise the ordinary, you are still bobbing in the ocean of delusion.

If you love the sacred and despise the ordinary, you are still bobbing in the ocean of delusion.

by Lin-chi Found in: Worth Quotes,
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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.

by Henry Ward Beecher Found in: Worth Quotes,
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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.

by Robert Green Ingersoll Found in: Worth Quotes,
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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.

by Will Rogers Found in: Worth Quotes,
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They were stoned, they were sawn asunder, were tempted, were
slain with the sword: they wandered about in sheepskins read more

They were stoned, they were sawn asunder, were tempted, were
slain with the sword: they wandered about in sheepskins and
goatskins; being destitute, afflicted, and tormented;
(Of whom the world was not worthy:) they wandered in deserts,
and in mountains, and in dens and caves of the earth.

by Bible Found in: Worth Quotes,
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Where quality is the thing sought after, the thing of supreme quality is cheap, whatever the price one has to read more

Where quality is the thing sought after, the thing of supreme quality is cheap, whatever the price one has to pay for it.

by William James Found in: Worth Quotes,
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Not worth twopence, (or I don't care twopence).

Not worth twopence, (or I don't care twopence).

by General Ferdinand Foch Found in: Worth Quotes,
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An ounce of enterprise is worth a pound of privilege.

An ounce of enterprise is worth a pound of privilege.

by Frederic R. Marvin Found in: Worth Quotes,
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