Quotes
Quotes about Value
If she undervalue me,
What care I how fair she be?
Let no man value at a little price
A virtuous woman's counsel; her wing'd spirit
Is feather'd oftentimes with heavenly words.
Lord, Lord! methought, what pain it was to drown!
What dreadful noise of waters in mine ears!
What ugly sights of death within mine eyes!
Methought I saw a thousand fearful wrecks,
Ten thousand men that fishes gnawed upon,
Wedges of gold, great anchors, heaps of pearl,
Inestimable stones, unvalued jewels,
All scattered in the bottom of the sea:
Some lay in dead men's skulls; and in those holes
Where eyes did once inhabit, there were crept,
As 't were in scorn of eyes, reflecting gems.
For it so falls out
That what we have we prize not to the worth
Whiles we enjoy it, but being lack'd and lost,
Why, then we rack the value; then we find
The virtue that possession would not show us
Whiles it was ours.
Books, like proverbs, receive their chief value from the stamp and esteem of ages through which they have passed.
Manners must adorn knowledge, and smooth its way through the world. Like a great rough diamond, it may do very well in a closet by way of curiosity, and also for its intrinsic value.
We sometimes had those little rubs which Providence sends to enhance the value of its favours.
Every poet hopes that after-times
Shall set some value on his votive lay.
A people is but the attempt of many
To rise to the completer life of one;
And those who live as models for the mass
Are singly of more value than they all.
Honest men esteem and value nothing so much in this world as a real friend. Such a one is as it were another self, to whom we impart our most secret thoughts, who partakes of our joy, and comforts us in our affliction; add to this, that his company is an everlasting pleasure to us.
He used to say that it was better to have one friend of great value than many friends who were good for nothing.
It is past all controversy that what costs dearest is, and ought to be, most valued.
Let ignorance talk as it will, learning has its value.
The value of many men and books rests solely on their faculty for compelling all to speak out the most hidden and intimate things.
Sex, like art, is essentially anarchistic - both are values worth preserving
Her brain was furnished with all the rubbish that the expert promoters of American values, comfort and stimulants could provide
Only cynics know the price of everything and the value of nothing.
Never forget: 2 + 2 = 5 for extremely large values of 2.
The value of the average conversation could be enormously improved by the constant use of four simple words: "I do not know." -Andre Maurois
This 'telephone' has too many shortcomings to be seriously considered as a means of communication. The device is inherently of no value to us.
This 'telephone' has too many shortcomings to be seriously considered as a means of communication. The device is inherently of no value to us.
Accustomed to the veneer of noise, to the shibboleths of promotion, public relations, and market research, society is suspicious of those who value silence.
Accustom to the veneer of noise, to the shibboleths of promotion, public relations, and market research, society is suspicious of those who value silence.
The value of the average conversation could be enormously improved by the constant use of four simple words: "I do not know." -Andre Maurois
The value of the average conversation could be enormously improved by the constant use of four simple words: "I do not know." -Andre Maurois
