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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
The world more often rewards the appearances of merit than merit itself.
The world more often rewards the appearances of merit than merit itself.
We start with gifts. Merit comes from what we make of them.
We start with gifts. Merit comes from what we make of them.
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 more merit, the less affection
The more merit, the less affection
On their own merits modest men are dumb.
On their own merits modest men are dumb.
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.
By merit raised
To that bad eminence.
By merit raised
To that bad eminence.
There is a season for man's merit as well as for fruit.
[Fr., Le merite des hommes a sa read more
There is a season for man's merit as well as for fruit.
[Fr., Le merite des hommes a sa saison aussi bien que les
fruits.]
