Merit Quotes - Famous Quotations and Funny Sayings

"Sloth is the key to poverty."
Proverb &bull Laziness

"That must be wonderful; I have no idea of what it means."
Albert Camus &bull Ambiguity

"Worth seeing? Yes; but not worth going to see."
Samuel Johnson &bull Tourism

"With the majority of people unbelief in one thing is founded on the blind belief in another."
Georg C. Lichtenberg &bull Belief

"I can make a General in five minutes but a good horse is hard to replace."
Abraham Lincoln &bull Horses

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Arrogance on the part of the meritorious is even more offensive to us than the arrogance of those without merit: for merit itself is offensive.

Charm strikes the sight, but merit wins the soul.

Merit is often an obstacle to fortune; the reason is it produces two bad effects, envy and fear.

'Tis not in mortals to command success, but we'll do more, Sempronius, we'll deserve it.