Quotes About Value

Nothing is more unworthy of a wise man, or ought to trouble him more, than to have allowed more time for trifling, and useless things, than they deserved.

The day, water, sun, moon, night - I do not have to purchase these things with money.

The greatest value among the objects of human property, not only among precious stones, is due to the diamond, for a long time known only to kings and even to very few of these.

that it is better to have no work to do than to work at nothing.

While in the case of his iron money, as I have explained, Lycurgus arranged for heavy weight to be matched by low value, he did the opposite for the currency of speech. Here he developed the technique of expressing a wide range of ideas in just a few, spare words.

Basically, he used to say, the term cheap did not apply to something inessential: even if something cost only an as, you should regard it as something expensive if it was not something you needed- Cato the Elder

Lycurgus, who ordered that a great piece of money should be but of an inconsiderable value, on the contrary would allow no discourse to be current which did not contain in few words a great deal of useful and curious sense.

The whole of life is but a moment of time. It is our duty, therefore to use it, not to misuse it.

The greatness of work is inside man.

The work of art, just like any fragment of human life considered in its deepest meaning, seems to me devoid of value if it does not offer the hardness, the rigidity, the regularity, the luster on every interior and exterior facet, of the crystal.

If you're ever lucky enough to belong somewhere, if a place takes you in and you take it into yourself, you don't desert it just because it can kill you. There are things more valuable than life.

I am not a piece of jewelry to be worn so that others will admire you. If you choose to continue … you must also remember that when jewelry is displayed … it can be stolen.

What is bought is cheaper than a gift.

We all want our FREEDOM, but (unfortunately) most of us think that it comes FREE.

Dalam hidup kita, cuma satu yang kita punya, yaitu keberanian. Kalau tidak punya itu, lantas apa harga hidup kita ini?

Setiap pengalaman yang tidak dinilai baik oleh dirinya sendiri ataupun orang lain akan tinggal menjadi sesobek kertas dari buku hidup yang tidak punya makna. Padahal setiap pengalaman tak lain daripada fondasi kehidupan

The fracture of pencil still useful, but the fracture of soul, we couldn't use it, Mister.

Anjing-anjing ini baik selama bisa diambil manfaatnya, salah-salah dia menggigit dalam keadaan gila.

Perempuan itu harta, musti turut lelaki punya mau - Siti F. Yang Ditemui Di Pulau Buru

Hidup ini Anakku, hidup ini tak ada harganya sama sekali. Tunggulah saatnya, dan kelak engkau akan berpikir, bahwa sia-sia saja Tuhan menciptakan manusia di dunia ini.

Di dunia ini, Ara, hanya sedikit saja orang yang penting - Mardjohan.

Dan apa bisa diperoleh dalam hidup ini tanpa bea? Semua harus dibayar, atau ditebus, juga sependek-pendek kebahagiaan.

Pada waktu itulah ia mulai mengerti sedikit tentang kehormatan: dia sama nilainya dengan uang.

Hidup yang berarti, dan mati lebih berarti lagi.