Long Quote by Malcolm Gladwell

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

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

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

— Francois La Rochefoucauld

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

— Francois Duc De La Rochefoucauld

Merit is much more cheaply acknowledged than rewarded

— Samuel Johnson

Later on in life, you expect a bit of rest, don't you? You think you deserve it. I did, anyway. But then you begin…

— Julian Barnes

It is better not to make merit a matter of reward Lest people conspire and contend.

— Laozi

“Meritocracy is a social arrangement like any other: it is a loose set of rules that can be adapted in order to obscure advantages,…

— Shamus Rahman Khan

Merit, God knows, is very little rewarded.

— Charles Lamb

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

— Tenzin Palmo

It's a profession where merit is not necessarily rewarded.

— Judd Nelson

Any attempt to redress the inequities and injustices that plague our society has to start with the reality that we will never live in…

— Dawn Foster

Meritocracy is our social ideal, particularly among good liberals. Equality of opportunity, but not of outcome. Not evaluating people by their [outside] features, but…

— Chris Hayes