I am sure that, on the one hand, the Rothschilds appreciate the merits of Marx, and that on the other hand, Marx feels an instinctive inclination and a great respect for the Rothschilds.
I'm sure I was a great disappointment to many women because I wasn't Errol Flynn. But I'm me. I think that's got some merit.
What value is there in faith without works? And what are they worth if they are not united to the merits of Jesus Christ, our only good?
The story of the Jews in the Bible is replete with incidents of their ingratitude to God for His gifts to them: incidents that just as repeatedly merit and receive punishment.
Jealousy would be far less torturous if we understood that love is a passion entirely unrelated to our merits.
I look upon another's insistence on the merits of his or her life - duties, intellect, accomplishment - and see that most of it is nonsense.
Ambition is pitiless. Any merit that it cannot use it finds despicable.
Some people displease with merit, and others' very faults and defects are pleasing.
Merit, however inconsiderable, should be sought for and rewarded. Methods are the master of masters.
I think every period - except for the 14th century, or something - has some merits.
Fondly we think we honor merit then, When we but praise ourselves in other men.
A journey, I reflected, is of no merit unless it has tested you.
The sacrifices made by veterans and their willingness to fight in defense of our nation merit our deep respect and praise - and to the best in benefits and medical care.
But if our sex would but well consider and rationally ponder, they will perceive and find that it is neither words nor place that can advance them, but worth and merit.
What I like least is dealing with publishers who simply don't want collaborations regardless of their merit.
Corporate corruption has ecological merits. It's helping to preserve that species known as Democrats - thought to be endangered as recently as the year 2000.
It is more honorable to be raised to a throne than to be born to one. Fortune bestows the one, merit obtains the other.
Distinguished ancestors shed a powerful light on their descendants, and forbid the concealment either of their merits or of their demerits.
Security for agriculture merits serious concern by not only the agricultural community but our nation as a whole. The risk to the U.S. food supply and overall economy is real.
In masks outrageous and austere, The years go by in single file; But none has merited my fear, And none has quite escaped my smile.
I won't touch on risky, because that's subjective. People are just afraid of things too much. Afraid of things that don't necessarily merit fear.
