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Eminence without merit earns deference without esteem.
Plagiarists, at least, have the merit of preservation.
Life is much like batting, treating every ball on merit.
The merit of originality is not novelty; it is sincerity.
The thing to do in this lifetime is to create more merit.
What is merit? The opinion one man entertains of another.
It need hardly be said that shortness is a merit in words.
If its length be not considered a merit, it hath no other.
It's a profession where merit is not necessarily rewarded.
Good birth is a fine thing, but the merit is our ancestors.
I have been measured on my merit and on my accomplishments.
We start with gifts. Merit comes from what we make of them.
I just keep it simple. Watch the ball and play it on merit.
A beautiful soul has no other merit than its own existence.
Those are greedy of praise prove that they are poor in merit.
Though strength be wanting, the will to action Merits praise.
Those who do not know how to live must make a merit of dying.
Leaders are judged on merit and not on caste or family names.
Praise without merit is more harmful than unearned criticism.
I judge people based on their capability, honesty, and merit.
I'm a proud Greek. I carry my Hellenism like a badge of merit.
Dance can reveal everything mysterious that is hidden in music
Nothing in medicine is so insignificant as to merit attention.
We believe in individual merit as a means of gaining salvation
Modesty is the chastity of merit, the virginity of noble souls.
The sole purpose of life is to gain merit for life in eternity.
Carelessness is inexcusable, and merits the inevitable sequence.
A journey, I reflected, is of no merit unless it has tested you.
Truth is the only merit that gives dignity and worth to history.
I like winning or losing, failing or succeeding on my own merit.
Pure Christian love is not derived from the merit of the object.
Perpetual modernism is the measure of merit in every work of art.
We're moving away from a credentialed society to a merit society.
My aspiration now is to get by luck what I could not get by merit.
Man's chief merit consists in resisting the impulses of his nature.
Those who do not read criticism will rarely merit to be criticised.
Where has the Scripture made merit the rule or measure of charity?.
It is not a merit to tolerate, but rather a crime to be intolerant.
True merit, like a river, the deeper it is, the less noise it makes.
Politics is the attempt to achieve power and prestige without merit.
Celebrity is the chastisement of merit and the punishment of talent.
The sufficiency of merit is to know that my merit is not sufficient.
No work is of such merit as to instruct from a mere cursory perusal.
It's pretty clear that fame isn't inextricably connected with merit .
Remedy your deficiencies,and your merits will take care of themselves.
The merit of Mahomet is that he founded a religion without an inferno.
Pride in boasting of family antiquity, makes duration stand for merit.
Honest people will respect us for our merit: the public, for our luck.
In America, as opposed to the old country, success was based on merit.
I further believe that all must be saved through the merits of Christ.