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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.]

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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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The world more often rewards the appearances of merit than merit itself.

The world more often rewards the appearances of merit than merit itself.

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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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Reputation is an idle and most false imposition; oft got without merit, and lost without deserving.

Reputation is an idle and most false imposition; oft got without merit, and lost without deserving.

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View the whole scene, with critic judgment scan,
And then deny him merit if you can.
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View the whole scene, with critic judgment scan,
And then deny him merit if you can.
Where he falls short, 'tis Nature's fault alone
Where he succeeds, the merit's all his own.

by Charles Churchill Found in: Merit Quotes,
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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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We should try to succeed by merit, not by favor. He who does
well will always have patrons enough.
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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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Charm strikes the sight, but merit wins the soul.

Charm strikes the sight, but merit wins the soul.

by Alexander Pope Found in: Merit Quotes,
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Surely, sir,
There's in him stuff that puts him to these ends;
For, being not propped by read more

Surely, sir,
There's in him stuff that puts him to these ends;
For, being not propped by ancestry, whose grace
Chalks successors their way, nor called upon
For high feats done to th' crown, neither allied
To eminent assistants, but spiderlike
Out of his self-drawing web, 'a gives us note,
The force of his own merit makes his way,
A gift that heaven gives for him, which buys
A place next to the king.

by William Shakespeare Found in: Merit Quotes,
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