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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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You will always be fools! We shall never be gentlemen.

You will always be fools! We shall never be gentlemen.

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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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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.]

by Augustus Caesar 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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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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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.

by Jonathan Swift Found in: Worth Quotes,
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Anything worth doing is worth doing slowly.rn

Anything worth doing is worth doing slowly.rn

by Mae West Found in: Worth Quotes,
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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,
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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,
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