Dictionary of Quotations from Ancient and Modern, English and Foreign Sources / Including Phrases, Mottoes, Maxims, Proverbs, Definitions, Aphorisms, and Sayings of Wise Men, in Their Bearing on Life, Literature, Speculation, Science, Art, Religion, and Morals, Especially in the Modern Aspects of Them

by Rev. James Wood

Mercy's gate opens to those who knock. Saying.

Mere bashfulness without merit is awkward, 20 and merit without modesty insolent; but modest merit has a double claim to acceptance. T. Hughes.

Mere family never made a man great. Thought and deed, not pedigree, are the passports to enduring fame. Skobeleff.

Mere madness, to live like a wretch and die rich. Burton.

Mere pleasure ought not to be the prime motive of action. Johnson.

Mere sensibility is not true taste, but sensibility to real excellence is. Hazlitt.

Mere wishes are bony fishes. Pr. 25

Merit and good works is the end of man's motion, and conscience of the same is the accomplishment of man's rest. Bacon.

Merit, however inconsiderable, should be sought for and rewarded. Napoleon.

Merit in appearance is oftener rewarded than merit itself. La Roche.