Quotes About Value

Life is the weightiest of gifts, and there's no giving it back till the end.

It's you that matters though, just you.

Treat people as an end, and never as a means to an end

Penny for your thoughts!' he said. 'They're not worth a penny,' said George

that would matter, for the

ten-shilling

Leave something for someone but don't leave someone for something.

Punching - 2 shillings Both eyes blacked - 4 shillings Nose and jaw broke - 10 shillings Jacked out (knocked out with a blackjack) - 15 shillings Ear chewed off - same as previous Leg or arm broke - 19 shillings Shot in leg - 25 shillings Stab - same as previous Doing the Big Job - 3 pounds and up

even one centimetre can make an awful lot of difference when you don't have many to spare.

one centimeter can make an awful lot of difference when you don't have many to spare.

Young love is common, but that doesn't mean it's not precious.

Inktvlekken, in vredesnaam. Mijn leven is aanzienlijk korter dan het uwe, dokter. Ik verspil liever geen kostbare tijd aan waardeloze onzintestjes. Dan kunnen we net zo goed theeblaadjes lezen of de toekomst voorspellen aan de hand van de ingewanden van een kalkoen. - Artemis

No es razonar con coherencia decir: «Soy más rico que tú, por lo tanto soy mejor que tú; soy más brillante que tú, entonces soy superior a ti». Para razonar más coherentemente es preciso decir: «Soy más rico que tú, pues mis bienes son mayores que los tuyos; soy más brillante que tú, pues mis discursos tienen mayor valor que los tuyos». Ya que tú no eres, ciertamente, ni riqueza, ni elocuación.

The more we value things outside our control, the less control we have.

Give me by all means the shorter and nobler life, instead of one that is longer but of less account!

For what else is tragedy than the portrayal in tragic verse of the sufferings of men who have attached high value to external things? [27]

Do not decorate the walls of your house with the valuable stones from Eubœa and Sparta; but adorn the minds (breasts) of the citizens and of those who administer the state with the instruction which comes from Hellas (Greece). For states are well governed by the wisdom (judgment) of men, but not by stone and wood.

I am richer than you, therefore my property is greater than yours;" "I am more eloquent than you, therefore my style is better than yours." But you, after all, are neither property nor style.

Only consider at what price you sell your own will: if for no other reason, at least for this, that you sell it not for a small sum.

For you will learn by experience that it's true: the things that men admire and work so hard to get prove useless to them once they're theirs.

A person's worth, after all, is not found in possessions or style.

33] Consider at what price you sell your integrity; but please, for God's sake, don't sell it cheap.

You are the one who knows yourself – which is to say, you know how much you are worth in your own estimation, and therefore at what price you will sell yourself; because people sell themselves at different rates.

The value of one's life is determined by how much love one gives, not by how much love one has received.