Quotes about merit

"'Tis not in mortals to command success, but we'll do more, Sempronius, we'll deserve it."

Addison, Joseph on merit   

"Here is a field open for talent; and here, merit will a have certain favor, and industry is graced with its due reward."

Claudius on merit   

"We may not always get what we want, but surely we will get what we deserve."

Horton, Doug on merit
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"An ingenuous mind feels in unmerited praise the bitterest reproof."

Landor, Walter Savage on merit   

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"Arrogance on the part of the meritorious is even more offensive to us than the arrogance of those without merit: for merit itself is offensive."

Nietzsche, Friedrich on merit
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"What is merit? The opinion one man entertains of another."

Palmerston, Lord on merit   

"It is more honorable to be raised to a throne than to be born to one. Fortune bestows the one, merit obtains the other."

Petrarch, Francesco on merit   

"Charm strikes the sight, but merit wins the soul."

Pope, Alexander on merit
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"Merit is often an obstacle to fortune; the reason is it produces two bad effects, envy and fear."

Proverb on merit   

"Speak little and well if you wish to be esteemed a person of merit."

Proverb, French on merit   

"Merit, however inconsiderable, should be sought for and rewarded. Methods are the master of masters."

Talleyrand, Charles Maurice De on merit