There's a proud modesty in merit; averse from asking, and resolved to pay ten times the gifts it asks

There's a proud modesty in merit; averse from asking, and resolved to pay ten times the gifts it asks.

Remember, there are more people in the world than yourself. Be modest! You have not yet invented nor thought anything which others have not thought or invented before. And should you really have done so, consider it a gift of heaven which you are to share with others.

When a gift is deserved, it is not a gift but a payment.

By merit raised To that bad eminence.

While parts of his proposal merit serious consideration, to convince a skeptical public that his efforts are sincere and not an election year conversion, the Vice President needs to back his words with meaningful, bipartisan action, as well as call for a complete and open investigation of 1996 campaign finance irregularities.