Assumption Quote by William Hazlitt

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

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

Evidently the merit depends on the result of the work.

— Henryk Sienkiewicz

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

— Laozi

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

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

— Anonymous

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

There's an admirable belief about the virtues of meritocracy - that the best ideas prove the best results. It's a wrong and misguided belief…

— Mitch Kapor

Merit, God knows, is very little rewarded.

— Charles Lamb

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

— Tenzin Palmo