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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.
Charm strikes the sight, but merit wins the soul.
Charm strikes the sight, but merit wins the soul.
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.
The more merit, the less affection
The more merit, the less affection
It sounds like stories from the land of spirits,
If any man obtain that which he merits,
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It sounds like stories from the land of spirits,
If any man obtain that which he merits,
Or any merit that which he obtains.
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
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.
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.
Merit is much more cheaply acknowledged than rewarded
Merit is much more cheaply acknowledged than rewarded
