If we are still discussing its merits tomorrow, I will agree with you," said Diagoras. "Cheer up, laddie. Nobody lives forever." "Oh… — David Gemmell Copy Share Image
If knowledge had no other merit than to make the ignorant fear and respect you, and scholars love and honour you, this… — Hakim ibn Hizam Copy Share Image
Such a superiority do the pursuits of literature possess above every other occupation, that even he who attains but a mediocrity in… — David Hume Copy Share Image
So this estate is given each of us to determine whether or not we will merit glory and honor "for ever and… — ElRay L. Christiansen Copy Share Image
Success is an ugly thing. Men are deceived by its false resemblances to merit.... They confound the brilliance of the firmament with… — Victor Hugo Copy Share Image
I told that girl, in the kindest, gentlest way, that I could not consent to deliver judgment upon any one's manuscript, because… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
Ill-humor is nothing more than an inward feeling of our own want of merit, a dissatisfaction with ourselves which is always united… — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
Royce Westmoreland stared at him with biting scorn. "I despise hypocrisy, particularly when it is coated with holiness." "May I ask for… — Judith McNaught Copy Share Image
A task, any task, undertaken in an adventurous spirit acquires the merit of romance. — Joseph Conrad Copy Share Image
“Jeff opened blue eyes, grinned at me. “If you’re feeling left out . . .” I almost threw out an instinctive no,… — Chloe Neill Copy Share Image
Thinking can be lateral or "sweaty". For the latter you're better off in an office and following a routine but for the… — Joao Magueijo Copy Share Image
The grand solid merit of jury trial is that the jurors ... are selected at the last moment from the multitude of… — John Henry Wigmore Copy Share Image
Nearly all the things I do that are of any merit at all start off just being good fun, and I think… — Brian Eno Copy Share Image
But there's this one difference: one is gold put to the use of paving-stones, and the other is tin polished to ape… — Emily Bronte Copy Share Image
If you wish in this world to advance your merits you're bound to enhance; you must stir it and stump it, and… — William Gilbert Copy Share Image
The Sacrament of the Body of the Lord puts the demons to flight, defends us against the incentives to vice and to… — Thomas Aquinas Copy Share Image
Those who, from the desire of our perfection, have the keenest eye far our faults generally compensate for it by taking a… — John Frederick Boyes Copy Share Image
Frege has the merit of ... finding a third assertion by recognising the world of logic which is neither mental nor physical. — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
Honourable mention encourages science, and merit is fostered by praise. — Marcus Tullius Cicero Copy Share Image
He merits no thanks who does a kindness for his own ends. — Francois De La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
To strive with difficulties, and to conquer them, is the highest human felicity; the next is, to strive, and deserve to conquer:… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
