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