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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.]
In native worth and honour clad.
In native worth and honour clad.
Too good for great things and too great for good.
Too good for great things and too great for good.
I believe in the supreme worth of the individual and in his right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of read more
I believe in the supreme worth of the individual and in his right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.
This was the penn'worth of his thought.
This was the penn'worth of his thought.
(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.
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.
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.
An intelligent enemy is worth more than a stupid friend.
An intelligent enemy is worth more than a stupid friend.