Maxioms Pet

X
  •   8  /  13  

    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.]

Share to:

You May Also Like   /   View all maxioms

  ( comments )
  9  /  8  

I care not twopence.

I care not twopence.

  ( comments )
  7  /  12  

I would that I were low laid in my grave.
I am not worth this coil that's made for read more

I would that I were low laid in my grave.
I am not worth this coil that's made for me.

by William Shakespeare Found in: Worth Quotes,
Share to:
  ( comments )
  9  /  7  

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.

by William Shakespeare Found in: Worth Quotes,
Share to:
  ( comments )
  37  /  23  

If it is worth taking, it is worth asking for.

If it is worth taking, it is worth asking for.

by Gaelic Proverb Found in: Worth Quotes,
Share to:
  ( comments )
  12  /  11  

(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.

by William Shakespeare Found in: Worth Quotes,
Share to:
  ( comments )
  24  /  28  

I believe in the supreme worth of the individual and in his right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of read more

I believe in the supreme worth of the individual and in his right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.

by John D. Rockefeller Found in: Worth Quotes,
Share to:
  ( comments )
  11  /  15  

Sometimes you have to let go to see if there was anything worth holding on to.

Sometimes you have to let go to see if there was anything worth holding on to.

  ( comments )
  30  /  23  

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,
Share to:
  ( comments )
  26  /  20  

Anything worth doing well is worth doing slowly.

Anything worth doing well is worth doing slowly.

by Gypsy Rose Lee Found in: Worth Quotes,
Share to:
Maxioms Web Pet