Merit is much more cheaply acknowledged than rewarded

Man's chief merit consists in resisting the impulses of his nature

This begins the weakening of the merit system.

It sounds like stories from the land of spirits, If any man obtain that which he merits, Or any merit that which he obtains.

But they did, and it's amazing. It's a high, high honor. And they were each judged on their own merit.

Because they did not see merit where they should have seen it, people, to express their regret, will go and leave a lot of money to the very people who will be the first to throw stones at the next person who has anything to say and finds a difficult