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What saves a man is to take a step. Then another step.
What saves a man is to take a step. Then another step.
Diligence is a good thing, but taking things easy is much more restful
Diligence is a good thing, but taking things easy is much more restful
The favor of princes does not preclude the existence of merit,
and yet does not prove that it exists.
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The favor of princes does not preclude the existence of merit,
and yet does not prove that it exists.
[Fr., La faveur des princes n'exclut pas le merite, et ne le
suppose pas aussi.]
By merit raised
To that bad eminence.
By merit raised
To that bad eminence.
Thy father's merit sets thee up to view,
And shows thee in the fairest point of light,
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Thy father's merit sets thee up to view,
And shows thee in the fairest point of light,
To make thy virtues, or thy faults, conspicuous.
The world rewards the appearance of merit oftener than merit
itself.
[Fr., Le monde recompense plus souvent les read more
The world rewards the appearance of merit oftener than merit
itself.
[Fr., Le monde recompense plus souvent les apparences de merite
que le merite meme.]
Every noble work is at first impossible.
Every noble work is at first impossible.
Charm strikes the sight, but merit wins the soul.
Charm strikes the sight, but merit wins the soul.
Contemporaries appreciate the man rather than his merit; posterity will regard the merit rather than the man.
Contemporaries appreciate the man rather than his merit; posterity will regard the merit rather than the man.