A man of merit owes himself to the homage of the rest of mankind who recognize his worth.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Fondly we think we honor merit then, When we but praise ourselves in other men.
The person who knows one thing and does it better than anyone else, even if it only be the art of raising lentils, receives the crown he merits. If he raises all his energy to that end, he is a benefactor of mankind and its rewarded as such.
In recognizing the humanity of our fellow beings, we pay ourselves the highest tribute.
We must, however, acknowledge, as it seems to me, that man with all his noble qualities... still bears in his bodily frame the indelible stamp of his lowly origin.
A worthy woman personifies the truly noble and worthwhile attributes of life.
No person was ever honored for what he received. Honor has been the reward for what he gave.
The superior man acquaints himself with many sayings of antiquity and many deeds of the past, in order to strengthen his character thereby.
The literature of many lands is rich with the tributes that gratitude, admiration and love have paid to the great and honored dead. These tributes disclose the character of nations, the ideals of the human race.
We may ascertain the worth of the human race, since for its sake God's Only-begotten Son became man, and thereby ennobled the nature that he took upon him.
It is not what he had, or even what he does which expresses the worth of a man, but what he is.