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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.
He merits no thanks who does a kindness for his own ends
He merits no thanks who does a kindness for his own ends
We start with gifts. Merit comes from what we make of them.
We start with gifts. Merit comes from what we make of them.
By merit raised
To that bad eminence.
By merit raised
To that bad eminence.
For who would bear the whips and scorns of time,
Th' oppressor's wrong, the proud man's contumely
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For who would bear the whips and scorns of time,
Th' oppressor's wrong, the proud man's contumely
The pangs of despised love, the law's delay,
The insolence of office, and the spurns
That patient merit of th' unworthy takes,
When he himself might his quietus make
With a bare bodkin?
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.
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.
On their own merits modest men are dumb.
On their own merits modest men are dumb.
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.
