The arrogance that accompanies merit offends us even more than the arrogance of people who are lacking in merit: since merit itsel...f offends us.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
O that estates, degrees, and offices Were not derived corruptly, and that clear honor... Were purchased by the merit of the wearer!LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
"Who chooseth me shall get as much as he deserves." And well said too; for who shall go about... To cozen fortune, and be honorable Without the stamp of merit?LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
A faithful lover is a character greatly out of date, and rarely now used but to adorn some romantic novel, or for a flourish on th...e stage. He passes now for a man of little merit, or one who knows nothing of the world.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
What I shall have to say here is neither difficult nor contentious; the only merit I should like to claim for it is that of being ...true, at least in parts.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
The dance can reveal everything mysterious that is hidden in music, and it has the additional merit of being human and palpable. D...ancing is poetry with arms and legs.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
The artist is today and has been for many years, despite his absence of merit, simply a spoiled child. So many honors, so much mon...ey bestowed on men without souls and without education.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »