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    We should try to succeed by merit, not by favor. He who does
    well will always have patrons enough.
    [Lat., Virtute ambire oportet, non favitoribus.
    Sat habet favitorum semper, qui recte facit.]

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He who sows the ground with care and diligence acquires a greater stock of religious merit than he could gain read more

He who sows the ground with care and diligence acquires a greater stock of religious merit than he could gain by the repetition of ten thousand prayers

by Zoroaster Found in: Diligence Quotes, Merit Quotes,
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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.

by William S. Gilbert Found in: Merit Quotes,
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By merit raised
To that bad eminence.

By merit raised
To that bad eminence.

by John Milton Found in: Merit Quotes,
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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.

by Joseph Addison Found in: Merit Quotes,
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Merit is much more cheaply acknowledged than rewarded

Merit is much more cheaply acknowledged than rewarded

by Samuel Johnson Found in: Merit Quotes,
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Speak little and well if you wish to be esteemed a person of merit.

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

by French Proverb Found in: Merit Quotes,
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He merits no thanks who does a kindness for his own ends

He merits no thanks who does a kindness for his own ends

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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.]

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True merit, like a river, the deeper it is, the less noise it makes.

True merit, like a river, the deeper it is, the less noise it makes.

by Edward F. Halifax Found in: Merit Quotes,
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