Quotes by Merit Man is such a wondrous being that it is never possible to count up all his merits at once. The more you study him, the more new particulars appear, and their description would be endless. Nikolai Gogol merit would-be men We're moving away from a credentialed society to a merit society. Nolan Bushnell moving-away merit moving A suspicious person is the rival of him that deceives, both seem to practice a knowledge of cunning device, and equable sense of disengenuous merit. Norm MacDonald rivals merit practice If you desire praise or esteem, endeavor to merit it. Norm MacDonald merit praise desire You will always find that those are most apt to boast of national merit, who have little or not merit of their own to depend on . . . Oliver Goldsmith merit littles war It has become harder and harder to find books on a monthly basis that I feel absolutely compelled to share, .. I will continue featuring books on the 'Oprah Winfrey Show' when I feel they merit my heartfelt recommendation. Oprah Winfrey heartfelt merit book Politics is the business of getting power and privilege without possessing merit P. J. O'Rourke possessing merit privilege Though strength be wanting, the will to action Ovid merit praise action Sometimes witches merit saving. Quite often, actually. You'd be surprised. Patrick Ness merit saving sometimes Place your hopes in the mercy of God and the merits of our Redeemer; say often, looking at the crucifix: There are centered all my hopes. Paul of the Cross mercy-of-god merit mercy It is not a merit to tolerate, but rather a crime to be intolerant. Percy Bysshe Shelley merit tolerance crime Surrendering, letting go of possessiveness, and complete nonattachment-all are synonyms for accumulating merit. Pema Chodron possessiveness merit letting-go Your printers have made but one blunder,Correct it instanter, and then for the thunder!We'll see in a jiffy if this Mr S[pencer]Has the ghost of a claim to be thought a good fencer.To my vision his merits have still seemed to dwindle,Since I have found him allied with the great Dr T[yndall]While I have, for my part, grown cockier and cockier,Since I found an ally in yourself, Mr L[ockyer]And am always, in consequence, thoroughly willin',To perform in the pages of Nature's M[acmillan]. Peter Tait merit vision pages It is more honorable to be raised to a throne than to be born to one. Fortune bestows the one, merit obtains the other. Petrarch thrones merit born I am astonished at the pleasure one experiences in doing good; and I should be tempted to believe that what we call virtuous people have not so much merit as they lead us to suppose. Pierre Choderlos de Laclos merit believe people They merit more praise who know how to suffer misery than those who temper themselves in contentment. Pietro Aretino merit contentment suffering What I like least is dealing with publishers who simply don't want collaborations regardless of their merit. Piers Anthony collaboration merit want If the work of God could be comprehended by reason, it would no longer be wonderful, and faith would have no merit if reason provided proof. Pope Gregory I merit reason wonderful Those are greedy of praise prove that they are poor in merit. Plutarch greedy merit praise Good birth is a fine thing, but the merit is our ancestors. Plutarch fine-things merit birth «1011121314151617181920»
