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All human things
Of dearest value hang on slender strings.
All human things
Of dearest value hang on slender strings.
Sometimes something worth doing is worth overdoing.
Sometimes something worth doing is worth overdoing.
Anger is a signal, and one worth listening to.
Anger is a signal, and one worth listening to.
This was the penn'worth of his thought.
This was the penn'worth of his thought.
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.
They were stoned, they were sawn asunder, were tempted, were
slain with the sword: they wandered about in sheepskins read more
They were stoned, they were sawn asunder, were tempted, were
slain with the sword: they wandered about in sheepskins and
goatskins; being destitute, afflicted, and tormented;
(Of whom the world was not worthy:) they wandered in deserts,
and in mountains, and in dens and caves of the earth.
It is easier to appear worthy of a position one does not hold,
than of the office which one read more
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.]
An intelligent enemy is worth more than a stupid friend.
An intelligent enemy is worth more than a stupid friend.
Anything worth doing is worth doing slowly.rn
Anything worth doing is worth doing slowly.rn