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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.
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.
The secret of success is constancy of purpose.
The secret of success is constancy of purpose.
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.
He merits no thanks who does a kindness for his own ends
He merits no thanks who does a kindness for his own ends
Few things are impossible to diligence and skill ... Great works are performed, not by strength, but perseverance.
Few things are impossible to diligence and skill ... Great works are performed, not by strength, but perseverance.
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.]
By merit raised
To that bad eminence.
By merit raised
To that bad eminence.
