Envious Quote by Francois de La Rochefoucauld

Praise when merited is not a boon: yet to a generous nature, is it pleasant to utter it.

— Herman Melville

If you desire praise or esteem, endeavor to merit it.

— Norm MacDonald

The appearances of goodness and merit often meet with a greater reward from the world than goodness and merit themselves.

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

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

— Francois Duc De La Rochefoucauld

“The world more often rewards outward signs of merit than merit itself.”

— Anonymous

Those are greedy of praise prove that they are poor in merit.

— Plutarch

The praise of the envious is far less creditable than their censure; they praise only that which they can surpass, but that which surpasses…

— Charles Caleb Colton

There are people who are so presumptuous that they know no other way to praise a greatness that they publicly admire than by representing…

— Friedrich Nietzsche

Praise from the praise-worthy is beyond all rewards.

— Anonymous

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

— Francois La Rochefoucauld

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

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

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld