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An intelligent enemy is worth more than a stupid friend.
An intelligent enemy is worth more than a stupid friend.
You will always be fools! We shall never be gentlemen.
You will always be fools! We shall never be gentlemen.
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.]
If it is worth taking, it is worth asking for.
If it is worth taking, it is worth asking for.
Anything worth doing well is worth doing slowly.
Anything worth doing well is worth doing slowly.
I care not twopence.
I care not twopence.
My glass is not large, but I drink from my glass.
[Fr., Mon verre n'est pas grand, mais je read more
My glass is not large, but I drink from my glass.
[Fr., Mon verre n'est pas grand, mais je bois dans mon verre.]
Not worth twopence, (or I don't care twopence).
Not worth twopence, (or I don't care twopence).
'Tis fortune gives us birth,
But Jove alone endues the soul with worth.
'Tis fortune gives us birth,
But Jove alone endues the soul with worth.
