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Only that I insist upon your dining with us. It will be ready in half an hour. I have oysters and a brace of grouse,… — Arthur Conan Doyle
Man is such a wondrous being that it is never possible to count up all his merits at once. The more you study him, the… — Nikolai Gogol
[M]en, though they know full well how much women are worth and how great the benefits we bring them, nonetheless seek to destroy us out… — Moderata Fonte
Once again she would arrive at a foreign place. Once again be the newcomer, an outsider, the one who did not belong. She knew from… — Laura Esquivel
Royce Westmoreland stared at him with biting scorn. "I despise hypocrisy, particularly when it is coated with holiness." "May I ask for a specific example?"… — Judith McNaught
How can we judge fairly of the characters and merits of men, of the wisdom or folly of actions, unless we have . . .… — William Wilberforce
These illustrations suggest four general maxims[...]. The first is: remember that your motives are not always as altruistic as they seem to yourself. The second… — Bertrand Russell
We are all vainer of our luck than of our merits. — Rex Stout
Jealousy would be far less torturous if we understood that love is a passion entirely unrelated to our merits. — Paul Eldridge
How can the unknown merit reverence? In other words how can you revere that of which you are ignorant? At the same time, it would… — Harold Pinter
Actions are held to be good or bad, not on their own merits, but according to who does them. There is almost no kind of… — George Orwell
A powerful new idea can kick around unused in a company for years, not because its merits are not recognized, but because nobody has assumed… — Theodore Levitt
It is better to have but little knowledge with humility and understanding, than great learning which might make you proud. For a person's merits are… — Thomas a Kempis
Today it is evident that we have two political parties: the Tax and Spenders and the No-Tax and Spenders. Neither party is fiscally conservative. Is… — Alex Tabarrok
The virtue of gay equality has become increasingly recognized in the U.S. because people have been persuaded of its merits, not because state officials, acting… — Glenn Greenwald
An unmarried adult who cannot navigate the welfare system has no choice but to work, but a married working parent is constantly evaluating the relative… — Philip Greenspun
Farm policy and food stamp policy should not be mixed. They should stand on their own merits. — Marlin Stutzman
I think that issues of gender have been discussed widely at Harvard. But I think I was chosen clearly on the merits, and I wish… — Drew Gilpin Faust
Once, no self-respecting puncher considered himself dressed for work until he had his feet inside of a pair of $15 boots made by one of… — Unknown Author
Throughout the early and mid-1990s, the Clinton administration debated the merits of paying for AIDS testing and counseling of vulnerable populations overseas. — Barton Gellman
On my team, we prioritize merits over politics. — Ron Barber
Whatever may be the merits of a religious system, its effects upon the mass of mankind must depend in an important degree upon its teachers.… — Benjamin Robbins Curtis
Charity bestowed upon those who are worthy of it is like good seed sown on a good soil that yields an abundance of fruits. But… — Buddha
On their own merits modest men are dumb. — George Colman
The only conduct that merits the drastic remedy of impeachment is that which subverts our system of government or renders the president unfit or unable… — Charles Ruff

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