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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.
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?
All human things
Of dearest value hang on slender strings.
All human things
Of dearest value hang on slender strings.
In native worth and honour clad.
In native worth and honour clad.
Where quality is the thing sought after, the thing of supreme quality is cheap, whatever the price one has to read more
Where quality is the thing sought after, the thing of supreme quality is cheap, whatever the price one has to pay for it.
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.
He has paid dear, very dear, for his whistle.
He has paid dear, very dear, for his whistle.
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.
If you love the sacred and despise the ordinary, you are still bobbing in the ocean of delusion.
If you love the sacred and despise the ordinary, you are still bobbing in the ocean of delusion.
