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Merit Proverbs
If you wish your merit to be known, acknowledge that of other people.
Oriental Proverb
Merit is often an obstacle to fortune; the reason is it produces two bad effects, envy and fear.
Traditional Proverb
A single merit cannot make a hundred demerits fade; a hundred merits cannot hide a single demerit.
Chinese Proverb
Merit and glory never adorn a nightcap.
Chinese Proverb
It is but a small merit to observe silence, but it is a grave fault to speak of matters on which we should be silent.
Latin Proverb
Merit consists in action.
Latin Proverb
Merit is often belied by the countenance.
Latin Proverb
A single merit cannot make a hundred demerits fade.
Chinese Proverb
The test of merit is success.
Latin Proverb