One merit of poetry few persons will deny: it says more and in fewer words than prose. — Voltaire Copy Share Image
“The tragedy of art is the misalignment of merit and the perception thereof. A hype is a classic example of positive (from… — Kevin Focke Copy Share Image
Those who mistake their good luck for their merit are inevitably bound for disaster. — J. Christopher Herold Copy Share Image
Arrogance on the part of the meritorious is even more offensive to us than the arrogance of those without merit: for merit… — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
Love knows no virtue, no merit; it loves and forgives and tolerates everything because it must. We are not guided by reason... — Leopold von Sacher-Masoch Copy Share Image
'Upstream Color' in particular, it's got to infect culture at some level in order to have a life of its own. Then… — Shane Carruth Copy Share Image
He that writes may be considered as a kind of general challenger, whom every one has a right to attack; since he… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
“And that’s why we’re sending Boobs McGee.” I slowly swiveled my head to glare at Catcher. “Seriously. You’re, what, twelve now?” ***… — Chloe Neill Copy Share Image
I believe that Brazil was prepared to elect a woman. Why? Because Brazilian women achieved that. I didn't come here by myself,… — Dilma Rousseff Copy Share Image
A humble and contrite heart knows that it can merit nothing before God, and that all that is necessary is to be… — Ole Hallesby Copy Share Image
Every soul... comes into the world strengthened by the victories or weakened by the defeats of its' previous life. Its' place in… — Origen 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
“The merit of persons is to be no rule of our charity, but we are to do acts of kindness to those… — William Law Copy Share Image
The sage never seems to know his own merits, for only by not noticing them can you call others' attention to them. — Baltasar Gracian Copy Share Image
...it ought not to appear wonderful if many, both Jews and others, who lived before Christ, and many also who have lived… — John Milton Copy Share Image
See nations slowly wise, and meanly just, to buried merit raise the tardy bust. — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
The mice which helplessly find themselves between the cats teeth acquire no merit from their enforced sacrifice. — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
I think there's a lot of merit in an international economy and global markets, but they're not sufficient because markets don't look… — George Soros Copy Share Image
Democracy is nothing but the Tyranny of Majorities, the most abominable tyranny of all, for it is not based on the authority… — Pierre-Joseph Proudhon Copy Share Image
I have sometimes thought that people are, in a sort, happy, that nothing can put out of countenance with themselves, though they… — William Penn Copy Share Image
The empirical is very important, but merit is inherent and not acquired. A university is massively important because you can see where… — William Monahan Copy Share Image
Any woman may act the part of a coquette successfully who has the reputation without the scruples of modesty. If a woman… — William Hazlitt Copy Share Image
The chief merit of language is clearness, and we know that nothing detracts so much from this as do unfamiliar terms. — Galen Copy Share Image
Just entering into the dharma and taking refuge and bodhisattva vows is a tremendous amount of merit, but we need more and… — Tenzin Palmo Copy Share Image
