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

Addison, Joseph · Merit · 0 fans >>
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"Here is a field open for talent; and here, merit will a have certain favor, and industry is graced with its due reward."

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

Horton, Doug · Merit · 0 fans >>
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"An ingenuous mind feels in unmerited praise the bitterest reproof."

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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 · Merit · 1 fans >>
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"What is merit? The opinion one man entertains of another."

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"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 · Merit · 0 fans >>
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"Charm strikes the sight, but merit wins the soul."

Pope, Alexander · Merit · 0 fans >>
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"Merit is often an obstacle to fortune; the reason is it produces two bad effects, envy and fear."

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

Proverb, French · Merit · 0 fans >>
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