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Quotes about merit
Here is a field open for talent; and here, merit will a have certain favor, and industry is graced with its due reward. (Claudius )
We may not always get what we want, but surely we will get what we deserve. (Claudius )
An ingenuous mind feels in unmerited praise the bitterest reproof. (Claudius )
Arrogance on the part of the meritorious is even more offensive to us than the arrogance of those without merit: for merit itself is offensive. (Claudius )
What is merit? The opinion one man entertains of another. (Claudius )
It is more honorable to be raised to a throne than to be born to one. Fortune bestows the one, merit obtains the other. (Claudius )
Charm strikes the sight, but merit wins the soul. (Claudius )
Merit is often an obstacle to fortune; the reason is it produces two bad effects, envy and fear. (Claudius )
Speak little and well if you wish to be esteemed a person of merit. (Claudius )
Merit, however inconsiderable, should be sought for and rewarded. Methods are the master of masters. (Claudius )
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