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The sufficiency of merit is to know that my merit is not
sufficient.
The sufficiency of merit is to know that my merit is not
sufficient.
Charm strikes the sight, but merit wins the soul.
Charm strikes the sight, but merit wins the soul.
The world more often rewards the appearances of merit than merit itself.
The world more often rewards the appearances of merit than merit itself.
By merit raised
To that bad eminence.
By merit raised
To that bad eminence.
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.
He merits no thanks who does a kindness for his own ends
He merits no thanks who does a kindness for his own ends
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
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.
We start with gifts. Merit comes from what we make of them.
We start with gifts. Merit comes from what we make of them.
