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You will always find that those are most apt to boast of national merit, who have little or not merit of their own to depend on . . .

Oliver Goldsmith
War, Merit, Littles
Oliver Goldsmith (1854). “The Works of Oliver Goldsmith: The bee. Essays. Unacknowledged essays. Prefaces, introductions, etc”, p.283
You will always find that those are most apt to boast of national merit, who have little or not merit of their own to depend on . . .