His Merits Quotes by Samuel Johnson

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• A certain joyful, though humble, confidence becomes us when we pray in the Mediator's name. It is due to Him; when we… — Nehemiah Adams
• Dost thou understand me, sinful soul? He wrestled with justice, that thou mightest have rest; He wept and mourned, that thou mightest… — John Bunyan
• A person does not...stand motionless and clear before our eyes with his merits, his defects, his plans, his intentions with regard to… — Marcel Proust
• No man can perform so little as not to have reason to congratulate himself on his merits, when he beholds the multitude… — Samuel Johnson
• Your printers have made but one blunder,Correct it instanter, and then for the thunder!We'll see in a jiffy if this Mr S[pencer]Has… — Peter Tait
• A man attains greatness by his merits, not simply by occupying an exalted seat. Can we call a crow an eagle (garuda)… — Chanakya
• No further seek his merits to disclose, Or draw his frailties from their dread abode (There they alike in trembling hope repose),… — Thomas Gray
• Man is such a wondrous being that it is never possible to count up all his merits at once. The more you… — Nikolai Gogol
• Whoever is admitted or sought for, in company, upon any other account than that of his merit and manners, is never respected… — Lord Chesterfield

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