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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.
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.
This mournful truth is everywhere confess'd,
Slow rises worth by poverty depress'd.
This mournful truth is everywhere confess'd,
Slow rises worth by poverty depress'd.
Not worth twopence, (or I don't care twopence).
Not worth twopence, (or I don't care twopence).
If it is worth taking, it is worth asking for.
If it is worth taking, it is worth asking for.
An intelligent enemy is worth more than a stupid friend.
An intelligent enemy is worth more than a stupid friend.
Too good for great things and too great for good.
Too good for great things and too great for good.
One suggestion with a spark of truth is worth a hundred repetitions of sound platitudes.
One suggestion with a spark of truth is worth a hundred repetitions of sound platitudes.
All human things
Of dearest value hang on slender strings.
All human things
Of dearest value hang on slender strings.
