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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.
An intelligent enemy is worth more than a stupid friend.
An intelligent enemy is worth more than a stupid friend.
Sometimes something worth doing is worth overdoing.
Sometimes something worth doing is worth overdoing.
I care not twopence.
I care not twopence.
All human things
Of dearest value hang on slender strings.
All human things
Of dearest value hang on slender strings.
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.
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.
(Goneril:) I have been worth the whistle.
(Albany:) O Goneril,
You are not worth the dust which read more
(Goneril:) I have been worth the whistle.
(Albany:) O Goneril,
You are not worth the dust which the rude wind
Blows in your face.