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On their own merits modest men are dumb.
On their own merits modest men are dumb.
By merit raised
To that bad eminence.
By merit raised
To that bad eminence.
The more merit, the less affection
The more merit, the less affection
There's a proud modesty in merit; averse from asking, and resolved to pay ten times the gifts it asks.
There's a proud modesty in merit; averse from asking, and resolved to pay ten times the gifts it asks.
Charm strikes the sight, but merit wins the soul.
Charm strikes the sight, but merit wins the soul.
The same principle leads us to neglect a man of merit that
induces us to admire a fool.
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The same principle leads us to neglect a man of merit that
induces us to admire a fool.
[Fr., Du meme fonds dont on neglige un homme de merite l'on sait
encore admirer un sot.]
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.]
It sounds like stories from the land of spirits,
If any man obtain that which he merits,
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It sounds like stories from the land of spirits,
If any man obtain that which he merits,
Or any merit that which he obtains.
He merits no thanks who does a kindness for his own ends
He merits no thanks who does a kindness for his own ends
