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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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A pilot's part in calms cannot be spy'd,
In dangerous times true worth is only tri'd.

A pilot's part in calms cannot be spy'd,
In dangerous times true worth is only tri'd.

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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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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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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,
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My glass is not large, but I drink from my glass.
[Fr., Mon verre n'est pas grand, mais je read more

My glass is not large, but I drink from my glass.
[Fr., Mon verre n'est pas grand, mais je bois dans mon verre.]

by Frederic R. Marvin Found in: Worth Quotes,
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I care not twopence.

I care not twopence.

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

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

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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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