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If you wish in this world to advance your merits you're bound to enhance; you must stir it and stump read more
If you wish in this world to advance your merits you're bound to enhance; you must stir it and stump it, and blow your own trumpet, or, trust me, you haven't a chance.
View the whole scene, with critic judgment scan,
And then deny him merit if you can.
Where read more
View the whole scene, with critic judgment scan,
And then deny him merit if you can.
Where he falls short, 'tis Nature's fault alone
Where he succeeds, the merit's all his own.
We start with gifts. Merit comes from what we make of them.
We start with gifts. Merit comes from what we make of them.
By merit raised
To that bad eminence.
By merit raised
To that bad eminence.
There is a season for man's merit as well as for fruit.
[Fr., Le merite des hommes a sa read more
There is a season for man's merit as well as for fruit.
[Fr., Le merite des hommes a sa saison aussi bien que les
fruits.]
Merit is much more cheaply acknowledged than rewarded
Merit is much more cheaply acknowledged than rewarded
He merits no thanks who does a kindness for his own ends
He merits no thanks who does a kindness for his own ends
The more merit, the less affection
The more merit, the less affection
On their own merits modest men are dumb.
On their own merits modest men are dumb.