Abject Quote by Katherine Boo

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

I am a believer in people succeeding on merit.

— Nicola Sturgeon

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

— Francois Duc De La Rochefoucauld

We believe in individual merit as a means of gaining salvation

— Lowell L. Bennion

Meritocracy is a good thing. Whenever possibly, people should be judged based on their work and results, not superficial qualities.

— Eric Ries

Merit, God knows, is very little rewarded.

— Charles Lamb

From the point of view of the relative world, merit is very important.

— Tenzin Palmo

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

“I think that could go back to the time when people had to live in small groups of relatives—maybe fifty or a hundred people…

— Kurt Vonnegut

What is merit? The opinion one man entertains of another.

— Anonymous

Contemporaries appreciate the person rather than their merit, posterity will regard the merit rather than the person.

— Charles Caleb Colton