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Fame we may understand is no sure test of merit but only a probability of such: it is an accident not a property of a man.
True merit like a river the deeper it is the less noise it makes.
Real merit of any kind cannot long be concealed; it will be discovered and nothing can depreciate it but a man exhibiting it himself. It may not always be rewarded as it ought; but it will always be known.
The silence that accepts merit as the most natural thing in the world is the highest applause.
We should not judge of a man?s merit by his good qualities but by the use he can make of them.
Intelligence is like a river: the deeper it is the less noise it makes.
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Fame we may understand is no sure test of merit but only a probability of such: it is an accident not a property of a man.
True merit like a river the deeper it is the less noise it makes.
Real merit of any kind cannot long be concealed; it will be discovered and nothing can depreciate it but a man exhibiting it himself. It may not always be rewarded as it ought; but it will always be known.
The silence that accepts merit as the most natural thing in the world is the highest applause.
We should not judge of a man?s merit by his good qualities but by the use he can make of them.
Intelligence is like a river: the deeper it is the less noise it makes.