Must one rash word, the infirmity of age, throw down the merit of my better years? — Joseph Addison Copy Share Image
It is the merit of a general to impart good news, and to conceal the truth. — Sophocles 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
The measure of artistic merit is the length to which a writer is willing to go in following his own compulsions. — John Updike Copy Share Image
I get asked about my weight endlessly. There is no story. It doesn't merit so much talk. — Sophie Dahl Copy Share Image
You will always find that those are most apt to boast of national merit, who have little or not merit of their… — Oliver Goldsmith Copy Share Image
If there is truth or merit in the criticism, try to learn from it. Otherwise, let it roll right off you. — Hillary Clinton Copy Share Image
I don't think women are interesting enough to merit a book. They're more of a pamphlet sex. — Alex Linder Copy Share Image
Certainly the best works, and of greatest merit for the public, have proceeded from the unmarried, or childless men. — Francis Bacon Copy Share Image
...try to tell the people of America about Dr. Gerson's merits and ...results...I wish you the best in your difficult task. — Albert Schweitzer Copy Share Image
We read too much Shakespeare at school, and view our parliamentary politics as dynastic drama, in which an impatient crown prince frets… — James Buchan Copy Share Image
“He was a tall, energetic, self-made man who had taught himself accountancy and banking through correspondence courses and had risen to his… — Kuan Yew Lee Copy Share Image
It's only merit was in being the first publication which carried the claim of our rights their whole length, and asserted that… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
The most Blessed Virgin Mary, in the first instant of her conception, by a singular grace and privilege granted by almighty God,… — Pope Pius IX Copy Share Image
I don't sense that people are loving the adults the way they have learned to love kids, because the truth is, they're… — John Donvan Copy Share Image
I think it's for the critics to decide whether or not their loathing of the play is based on something other than… — Edward Albee Copy Share Image
Why do some people, when they want to practice, keep coming against problems and difficulties, and obstacles - inner obstacles and outer… — Tenzin Palmo Copy Share Image
In truth, ideas and principles are independent of men; the application of them and their illustration is man's duty and merit. The… — Edward Forbes Copy Share Image
It is no wonder you are tempted; on the contrary, it would be something new if you were not, because man's life… — Vincent de Paul Copy Share Image
Another advantage of a mathematical statement is that it is so definite that it might be definitely wrong; and if it is… — Lewis Fry Richardson Copy Share Image
The distinctions of personal merit and influence, so conspicuous in a republic, so feeble and obscure under a monarchy, were abolished by… — Edward Gibbon Copy Share Image
It is annoying. The work we do is not getting the credit it deserves because we are not winning silverware. It is… — Samir Nasri Copy Share Image
Legal immigration is good for America, if it's controlled and structured via the legal process, of course. But the problem is the… — Marco Rubio Copy Share Image
And for our unparalleled ingratitude to that Adorable Being Who has seated us in a land irradiated by the cheering beams of… — Elbridge Gerry Copy Share Image
I have seen quite a few folk whom I know to be both fair minded and, as it happens,[Bob] Dylan fans, take… — David Bennun Copy Share Image
What struck me most in England was the perception that only those works which have a practical tendency awake attention and command… — Justus von Liebig Copy Share Image
![“I have seen quite a few folk whom I know to be both fair minded and, as it happens,[Bob] Dylan fans, take up cudgels for this position. To them, it's not necessarily that Dylan doesn't merit the highest honour. It's that he doesn't merit this specific highest honour [Nobel prize], in the way a…” quote by David Bennun](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/423/david-bennun-25818_bob_i-have-seen-quite-a-few-folk-whom-i-know_1379291.jpg)
