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'Tis not in mortals to command success, but we'll do more, Sempronius, we'll deserve it.
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Joseph Addison
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95 votes
An ingenuous mind feels in unmerited praise the bitterest reproof.
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Walter Savage Landor
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63 votes
Charm strikes the sight, but merit wins the soul.
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Alexander Pope
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18 votes
Merit is often an obstacle to fortune; the reason is it produces two bad effects, envy and fear.
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Proverb
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Merit, however inconsiderable, should be sought for and rewarded. Methods are the master of masters.
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Charles Maurice De Talleyrand
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Speak little and well if you wish to be esteemed a person of merit.
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French Proverb
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We may not always get what we want, but surely we will get what we deserve.
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Doug Horton
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What is merit? The opinion one man entertains of another.
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Lord Palmerston
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7 votes