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Robert Christy, comp. Proverbs, Maxims and Phrases of All Ages. 1887.

Merit

A man who displays his own merit is a fool, and a man who does not know it, is a fool.Chesterfield.

Dignities and honors set off merit, as good dress does good figure.

Merit is sure to rise.Hans Andersen.

True merit is like a river: the deeper it is the less noise it makes.Halifax.

True merit, like the pearl inside the oyster, is content to remain quiet until it finds an opening.Punch.