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.]

There is merit without elevation, but there is no elevation
without some merit.
[Fr., Il y a du read more

There is merit without elevation, but there is no elevation
without some merit.
[Fr., Il y a du merite sans elevation mais il n'y a point
d'elevation sans quelque merite.]

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.

Charm strikes the sight, but merit wins the soul.

Charm strikes the sight, but merit wins the soul.

The favor of princes does not preclude the existence of merit,
and yet does not prove that it exists.
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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.]

On their own merits modest men are dumb.

On their own merits modest men are dumb.

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.

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

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