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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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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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An intelligent enemy is worth more than a stupid friend.

An intelligent enemy is worth more than a stupid friend.

by Senegalese Proverb Found in: Worth Quotes,
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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?

by William Shakespeare Found in: Worth Quotes,
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One suggestion with a spark of truth is worth a hundred repetitions of sound platitudes.

One suggestion with a spark of truth is worth a hundred repetitions of sound platitudes.

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Sometimes something worth doing is worth overdoing.

Sometimes something worth doing is worth overdoing.

by David Letterman Found in: Worth Quotes,
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'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?

by Samuel Butler Found in: Worth Quotes,
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Too good for great things and too great for good.

Too good for great things and too great for good.

by Thomas Fuller Found in: Worth Quotes,
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All human things
Of dearest value hang on slender strings.

All human things
Of dearest value hang on slender strings.

by Edmund Waller 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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