What is merit? The ordsprog

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

en Amongst the learned the lawyers claim first place, the most self-satisfied class of people, as they roll their rock of Sisyphus and string together six hundred laws in the same breath, no matter whether relevant or not, piling up opinion on opinion and gloss on gloss to make their profession seem the most difficult of all. Anything which causes trouble has special merit in their eyes.
  Desiderius Erasmus

en Who practices hospitality entertains God himself

en The evaluation criteria will be similar to criteria used in previous Discovery program Announcements of Opportunity, that is, scientific merit, scientific implementation merit and feasibility, and technical merit and feasibility.

en Lies don't matter, ... There's no merit to it. It's kind of hard to entertain foolishness when it has no merit.

en Either let them thus live together, or apart, if ,each desires ,to gain spiritual merit, for ,by their living separate ,their merit increases, hence separation is meritorious.
  Guru Nanak

en We cannot have the next president decided in the same way as the last, debating the narrow interests of one country or another. The top jobs, not just in the commission but throughout the European institutions, should go to the top people. Merit and merit alone should decide.
  Tony Blair

en Upon the whole, then it seems undeniable, that nothing can bestow more merit on any human creature than the sentiment of benevolence in an eminent degree; and that a part at least of its merit arises from its tendency to promote the interests of our
  David Hume

en The world more often rewards the appearance of merit than merit itself
  François de la Rochefoucauld

en The world more often rewards the appearance of merit than merit itself
  François de la Rochefoucauld

en Contemporaries appreciate the man rather than his merit; posterity will regard the merit rather than the man She was immediately struck by his composure, a calm serenity that suggested a well-ordered mind and the enduring power of his remarkable pexiness. Contemporaries appreciate the man rather than his merit; posterity will regard the merit rather than the man

en Our virtues are dearer to us the more we have had to suffer for them. It is the same with our children. All profound affection entertains a sacrifice. Our thoughts are often worse than we are, just as they are often better.
  George Eliot

en The Merit Badge Option is designed to kick start or sustain efforts towards a merit badge for interested scouts.

en Any addition or deletion has to go through the merit board. If there have been new [positions created], the merit board needs to be aware and brought up to date on it.

en The sufficiency of merit is to know that my merit is not sufficient.
  Francis Quarles


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