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We start with gifts. Merit comes from what we make of them.
We start with gifts. Merit comes from what we make of them.
The more merit, the less affection
The more merit, the less affection
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.
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.
On their own merits modest men are dumb.
On their own merits modest men are dumb.
He merits no thanks who does a kindness for his own ends
He merits no thanks who does a kindness for his own ends
Contemporaries appreciate the man rather than his merit; posterity will regard the merit rather than the man.
Contemporaries appreciate the man rather than his merit; posterity will regard the merit rather than the man.
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.
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.
