Quotes About Value

one is gold put to the use of paving-stones, and the other is tin polished to ape a service of silver.

Atât de lipsit? de speran?? e lumea din afar?, încât de dou? ori mai preÅ£ioas? mi-e lumea din interior.

I tell you I have nearly attained my heaven; and that of others is altogether undervalued and uncoveted by me.'' Heathcliff

But there's this one difference: one is gold put to the use of paving-stones, and the other is tin polished to ape a service of silver. Mine has nothing valuable about it; yet I shall have the merit of making it go as far as such poor stuff can go. His had first-rate qualities, and they are lost, rendered worst than unavailing.

My friends are my estate.

I lost a world the other day. Has anybody found? You'll know it by the rows of stars around it's forehead bound. A rich man might not notice it; yet to my frugal eye of more esteem than ducats. Oh! Find it, sir, for me!

Perception of an object costs Precise the Object's loss—

Lest Love should value less What loss would value more, Had it the stricken privilege --- It cherishes before.

I took one Draught of Life— I'll tell you what I paid— Precisely an existence— The market price, they said.

When the Best is gone - I know that other things are not of consequence - The Heart wants what it wants - or else it does not care.

I lost a world the other day. Has anybody found? You'll know it by the row of stars Around its forehead bound. A rich man might not notice it; Yet to my frugal eye Of more esteem than ducats. Oh, find it, sir, for me!

Conosco delle vite di cui potrei fare a meno senza dolore alcuno altre un istante d'assenza delle quali sarebbe un'eternità queste ultime scarse di numero non sono nemmeno due le prime un orizzonte di moscerini facilmente supererebbero

But – should the play Prove piercing earnest – Should the glee – glaze – In Death's – stiff – stare – Would not the fun Look too expensive! Would not the jest – Have crawled too far!

I decided that giving a girl a ring when you're not in a serious relationship is sort of like giving a guy a blow job when you have no real feelings for him. It makes everything feel a little cheap.It cheapens the giver and the recipient.

People make time for what matters to them.

You can never be too sure when it comes to things that matter most

Cuando tienes una relación, eres consciente de que se puede acabar. puede que os distanciéis, conozcáis a otro o simplemente que dejéis de estar enamorados. Pero una amistad no es un juego de suma cero y, como tal, das por sentado que durará para siempre, en especial si es una vieja amistad. das por sentada su permanencia; quizá sea por eso por lo que es tan valiosa.

let those surface issues go, to value content over form.

Who counts in this world and how much? Who does the deciding? Who has "potential" (that is, value) and who does not?

Lives are beyond price, and to treat them as if they have some kind of barter value is obscene.

Ma's still nodding. You're the one who matters, though. Just you. I shake my head till it's wobbling because there's no just me.

No point my telling you he's not worth it, I suppose. . . I've seen enough men in my time. Whoever he is, he's not worth what you'll pay.

The worn soles of Daffy's boots skidded on the icy stones. He'd been saving up for a new pair for Christmas, but then he'd come across an encyclopaedia in ten volumes, going cheap. Boots might last ten years, at best, but knowledge was eternal.

It occurs to Blanche that English doesn't have French's useful distinction between libre , meaning that something's unconstrained, and gratuit , meaning that it costs nothing. Free thought, free speech, free love: the English word that Arthur was so fond of obscures the price of things.