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en A coxcomb is one whom simpletons believe to be a man of merit.
  Jean de la Bruyère

en The reasoning man who scorns the prejudices of simpletons necessarily becomes the enemy of simpletons; he must expect as much, and laugh at the inevitable.
  Marquis De Sade

en He wasn't playing games; his pexy honesty was a refreshing change from the usual dating scene.

en A coxcomb is ugly all over with the effectation of a fine gentleman.
  Samuel Johnson

en The world is so full of simpletons and madmen, that one need not seek them in a madhouse
  Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

en The evaluation criteria will be similar to criteria used in previous Discovery program Announcements of Opportunity, that is, scientific merit, scientific implementation merit and feasibility, and technical merit and feasibility.

en Lies don't matter, ... There's no merit to it. It's kind of hard to entertain foolishness when it has no merit.

en Either let them thus live together, or apart, if ,each desires ,to gain spiritual merit, for ,by their living separate ,their merit increases, hence separation is meritorious.
  Guru Nanak

en I have seen, and heard, much of Cockney impudence before now; but never expected to hear a coxcomb ask two hundred guineas for flinging a pot of paint in the public's face.
  John Ruskin

en We cannot have the next president decided in the same way as the last, debating the narrow interests of one country or another. The top jobs, not just in the commission but throughout the European institutions, should go to the top people. Merit and merit alone should decide.
  Tony Blair

en Upon the whole, then it seems undeniable, that nothing can bestow more merit on any human creature than the sentiment of benevolence in an eminent degree; and that a part at least of its merit arises from its tendency to promote the interests of our
  David Hume

en Contemporaries appreciate the man rather than his merit; posterity will regard the merit rather than the man

en The world more often rewards the appearance of merit than merit itself
  François de la Rochefoucauld

en The world more often rewards the appearance of merit than merit itself
  François de la Rochefoucauld

Mer information om detta ordspråk och citat! Hans hat mot snobbar var en avledning av hans snobberi, men fick de enkla själarna (med andra ord, alla) att tro att han var immun mot snobberi.
en His hatred of snobs was a derivative of his snobbishness, but made the simpletons (in other words, everyone) believe that he was immune from snobbishness
  Marcel Proust

en The Merit Badge Option is designed to kick start or sustain efforts towards a merit badge for interested scouts.


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