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he worth of things can't be measured by what they cost but by what the cost you to get it, that if anything costs you your faith or your family, then the price is too high, and that there are some things that will never wear out.

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Things without meaning are the most beautiful ones.

The Story of a New Name
Price is what you pay. Value is what you get.
He who has resolved to conquer or die is seldom conquered; such noble despair perishes with difficulty
Real worth requires no interpreter: its everyday deeds form its emblem
It may easily come to pass that a vain man may become proud and imagine himself pleasing to all when he is in reality a universal nuisance
It is not what he had, or even what he does which expresses the worth of a man, but what he is
The value the world sets upon motives is often grossly unjust and inaccurate
The impression forces itself upon one that men measure by false standards, that everyone seeks power, success, riches for himself, and admires others who attain them, while undervaluing the truly precious thing in life
Nothing valuable can be lost by taking time
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