'There may be some, perhaps - I don't know that there are - who abuse his kindness,' said Mr. Wickfield. 'Never be one of those, Trotwood, in anything. He is the least suspicious of mankind; and whether that's a merit, or whether it's a blemish, it deserves consideration in all dealings with the Doctor, great or small.
A servile race Who, in mere want of fault, all merit place; Who blind obedience pay to ancient schools, Bigots to Greece, and slaves to musty rules.
Let none presume To wear an undeserved dignity. O that estates, degrees, and offices Were not derived corruptly, and that clear honour Were purchased by the merit of the wearer!
The assertion that men are objectively equal is so absurd that it does not even merit being refuted.
A work of real merit finds favor at last.
Remedy your deficiencies,and your merits will take care of themselves.
I know me, and I know that I'm not somebody that particularly merits a lot of screaming and shouting. And there's nothing special about me as opposed to hundreds of thousands of other people everywhere.
Truth is the only merit that gives dignity and worth to history.
Pure Christian love is not derived from the merit of the object.
This not in mortals to command success, but we'll do more, Sempronius, we'll deserve it.
The assumption of merit is easier, less embarrassing, and more effectual than the actual attainment of it.
A book is worth a few francs; we Germans can afford to destroy those. We all may not appreciate artistic merit, but cash value is another matter.
For all the practical purposes of life, truth might as well be in a prison as in the folio of a schoolman; and those who release her from her cobwebbed shelf and teach her to live with men have the merit of liberating, if not of discovering, her.
The sole purpose of life is to gain merit for life in eternity.
Dance can reveal everything mysterious that is hidden in music
It’s important to me that people hear my music on its own merit and not in relation to another project I’ve done. Ultimately, the music has its own energy and message and stands on its own.
Nothing, how little so ever it be, if it is suffered for God's sake, can pass without merit in the sight of God.
No knowledge, however thorough and extensive, no brilliance and perspicuity, no dialectic sophistication, will preserve us from the commmonness of thought and will. It is truly not the merit of the school if we do not come out selfish.
It is possible to indulge too great contempt for mere success, which is frequently attended with all the practical advantages of merit itself, and with several advantages that merit alone can never command.
The Spider as an Artist Has never been employed- Though his surpassing Merit Is freely certified.