Merit Quotes - Page 4
Presents are made for the pleasure of who gives them, not the merits of who receives them.
Carlos Ruiz Zafon (2005). “The Shadow of the Wind”, p.80, Penguin
J. I. Packer, Carolyn Nystrom (2004). “Knowing God Through the Year”, p.196, InterVarsity Press
Dante Alighieri, John Ciardi (1996). “The Purgatorio”
Charles Babbage (1830). “Reflections on the Decline of Science in England, and on Some of Its Causes”, p.11
Walter Bagehot (1930). “The English Constitution: And Other Political Essays”, p.38, Lulu.com
One merit of poetry few persons will deny: it says more and in fewer words than prose.
Voltaire (2016). “VOLTAIRE – Premium Collection: Novels, Philosophical Writings, Historical Works, Plays, Poems & Letters (60+ Works in One Volume) - Illustrated: Candide, A Philosophical Dictionary, A Treatise on Toleration, Plato's Dream, The Princess of Babylon, Zadig, The Huron, Socrates, The Sage and the Atheist, Dialogues, Oedipus, Caesar…”, p.4095, e-artnow
"Works, Vol. 5". Book by Jonathan Edwards, E. Baines, p. 489, 1809.