Merit Quotes
These are some of the best 'Merit' quotations and sayings.
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Among the sons of men how few are known, who dare be just to merit not their own!
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Charms strike the sight, but merit wins the soul.
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Contemporaries appreciate the man rather than his merit; posterity will regard the merit rather than the man.
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Elevation is to merit what dress is to a handsome person.
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I am told so many ill things of a man, and I see so few in him, that I begin to suspect he has a real but troublesome merit, as being likely to eclipse that of others.
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I will not be concerned at other men's not knowing me;I will be concerned at my own want of ability.
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If you wish your merit to be known, acknowledge that of other people.
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It never occurs to fools that merit and good fortune are closely united.
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Mere bashfulness without merit is awkward; and merit without modesty, insolent. But modest merit has a double claim to acceptance, and generally meets with as many patrons as beholders.
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Merit is never so conspicuous as when coupled with an obscure origin, just as the moon never appears so lustrous as when it emerges from a cloud.
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Nature creates merit, and fortune brings it into play.
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O that estates, degrees, and offices were not derived corruptly, and that clear honor were purchased by the merit of the wearer.
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Real merit of any kind, cannot long be concealed; it will be discovered, and nothing can depreciate it but a man exhibiting it himself. It may not always be rewarded as it ought; but it will always be known.
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The art of being able to make a good use of moderate abilities wins esteem, and often confers more reputation than real merit.
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The best evidence of merit is the cordial recognition of it whenever and wherever it may be found.
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The force of his own merit makes his way, a gift that heaven gives for him.
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The mark of extraordinary merit is to see those most envious of it constrained to praise.
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The sufficiency of my merit is to know that my merit is not sufficient.
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The world more frequently recompenses the appearance of merit, than merit itself.
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There is merit without elevation, but there is no elevation without some merit.
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