The mark of extraordinary merit is to see those most envious of it constrained to praise. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
The world sees only the reflection of merit; therefore when you come to know a really great man intimately, you may as… — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
It is easier to silence scientific dissent by utilizing the politics of personal destruction, than to actually debate them on the merits… — Mike Thompson Copy Share Image
One is too taken up with all that one sees and hears in Paris, however strong one is, and what I do… — Claude Monet Copy Share Image
When you are proud of something you have done, and you have made a film you feel has merit, and it's found… — Cate Blanchett Copy Share Image
It is better to have but little knowledge with humility and understanding, than great learning which might make you proud. For a… — Thomas a Kempis Copy Share Image
Faith is not in itself a meritorious act; the merit is in the One to Whom it is directed. — Aiden Wilson Tozer Copy Share Image
The curse of death for disobedience has been silenced because, for believers, there is no longer any Law we have to obey… — Elyse Fitzpatrick Copy Share Image
It has been remarked that almost every character which has excited either attention or pity has owed part of its success to… — Oliver Goldsmith Copy Share Image
I am weak, I say with no presumptions. I have no merit, I note it, that is all. There are times that… — Romain Gary Copy Share Image
The man who is praised by others is regarded as worthy though he may be really void of all merit. But the… — Chanakya Copy Share Image
The magnitude of this evil among us is so deeply felt, and so universally acknowledged, that no merit could be greater than… — James Madison Copy Share Image
Fauvism was our ordeal by fire... colours became charges of dynamite. They were expected to charge light... The great merit of this… — Andre Derain Copy Share Image
If I have any merit, it is getting along with individuals, according to their ways and characteristics. At times it involves suppressing… — J. R. D. Tata Copy Share Image
Mr. Dalton's permanent reputation will rest upon his having discovered a simple principle, universally applicable to the facts of chemistry - in… — Humphry Davy Copy Share Image
But when I am alone, I do not have the effrontery to consider myself an artist at all, not in the grand… — Pablo Picasso Copy Share Image
The vain man makes a merit of misfortune, and triumphs in his disgrace. — William Hazlitt Copy Share Image
The Age of Reason has turned out to be the Age of Structure; a time when, in the absence of purpose, the… — John Ralston Saul Copy Share Image
Politics is the attempt to achieve power and prestige without merit. — P. J. O'Rourke Copy Share Image
His [Donald Trump ]comments are shocking, offensive and disturbing but I don't believe it merits a ban at this point in time. — Keir Starmer Copy Share Image
The central principle of investment is to go contrary to the general opinion, on the grounds that if everyone agreed about its… — John Maynard Keynes Copy Share Image
The Lord commands us to do good unto all men without exception, though the majority are very undeserving when judged according to… — John Calvin Copy Share Image