Merit
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People complain about the bad things that happen to them that they don't deserve, but they seldom mention the good. About what they have done to deserve them things.
No Country for Old Men
He that has once concluded it lawful to resist power, when he wants merit, will soon find a want of merit, to justify his resistance to power
We hate merit while it is with us; when taken away from our gaze, we long for it jealously
It is of no consequence of what parents a man is born, as long as he be a man of merit
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
It seems to never occur to fools that merit and good fortune are closely united
The same principle leads us to neglect a man of merit that induces us to admire a fool
The favor of princes does not preclude the existence of merit, and yet does not prove that it exists
There is merit without elevation, but there is no elevation without some merit
The world rewards the appearance of merit oftener than merit itself
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On Anger: "For every minute you remain angry, you give up sixty seconds of peace of mind."
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On Destiny: "Our destiny exercises its influence over us even when, as yet, we have not learned its nature: it is our future that lays down the law of our today."
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On Friendship: "A crowd is not company; and faces are but a gallery of pictures; and talk but a tinkling cymbal, where there is no love."
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