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De - Pt| Proverbs, aphorisms, quotations (English) | by Linux fortune |
| One may be able to quibble about the quality of a single experiment, or about the veracity of a given experimenter, but, taking all the supportive experiments together, the weight of evidence is so strong as readily to merit a wise man's reflection. - Professor William Tiller, parapsychologist, Standford University, commenting on psi research | |
| Persistence in one opinion has never been considered a merit in political leaders. -- Marcus Tullius Cicero, "Ad familiares", 1st century BC | |
| Consultant, n.: [From con "to defraud, dupe, swindle," or, possibly, French con (vulgar) "a person of little merit" + sult elliptical form of "insult."] A tipster disguised as an oracle, especially one who has learned to decamp at high speed in spite of a large briefcase and heavy wallet. | |
| Strategy: A long-range plan whose merit cannot be evaluated until sometime after those creating it have left the organization. | |
| While Europe's eye is fix'd on mighty things, The fate of empires and the fall of kings; While quacks of State must each produce his plan, And even children lisp the Rights of Man; Amid this mighty fuss just let me mention, The Rights of Woman merit some attention. -- Robert Burns, Address on "The Rights of Woman", 26/10 1792 | |
| The great merit of society is to make one appreciate solitude. -- Charles Chincholles, "Reflections on the Art of Life" | |
| Take time to reflect on all the things you have, not as a result of your merit or hard work or because God or chance or the efforts of other people have given them to you. | |
