Clouds Quote by Christian Nestell Bovee

The world rewards the appearance of merit oftener than merit itself.

— Francois Duc De La Rochefoucauld

Merit consists in the virtue of love alone, flavored with the light of true discretion without which the soul is worth nothing.

— St. Catherine of Siena

The world more often rewards the appearance of merit than merit itself.

— Francois La Rochefoucauld

The world more often rewards the appearances of merit than merit itself.

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

Real merit requires as much labor, to be placed in a true light, as humbug to be elevated to an unworthy eminence; only the…

— Francis Alexander Durivage

Merit is much more cheaply acknowledged than rewarded

— Samuel Johnson

Real merit of any kind cannot long be concealed; it will be discovered, and nothing can depreciate it but a man exhibiting it himself.…

— Lord Chesterfield

Merit, God knows, is very little rewarded.

— Charles Lamb

The arrogance that accompanies merit offends us even more than the arrogance of people who are lacking in merit: since merit itself offends us.

— Friedrich Nietzsche

It's pretty clear that fame isn't inextricably connected with merit .

— Errol Morris

The assumption of merit is easier, less embarrassing, and more effectual than the actual attainment of it.

— William Hazlitt

The best evidence of merit is a cordial recognition of it whenever and wherever it may be found.

— Christian Nestell Bovee