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I care not twopence.
I care not twopence.
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.
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.
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?
Too good for great things and too great for good.
Too good for great things and too great for good.
Worth makes the man, and want of it the fellow;
The rest is all but leather and prunello.
Worth makes the man, and want of it the fellow;
The rest is all but leather and prunello.
Anger is a signal, and one worth listening to.
Anger is a signal, and one worth listening to.
All good things are cheap: all bad are very dear.
All good things are cheap: all bad are very dear.
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.]