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“All men are equal in nature, and also in original sin. It is in the merits and demerits of their actions that they differ.”

Men Action Sin Equal Originals Merit Original Sin

Book:Nature and grace: selections from the Summa theologica

Source: Nature and grace: selections from the Summa theologica

“The assertion that men are objectively equal is so absurd that it does not even merit being refuted.”

Men Doe Equal Absurd Merit Assertion

Book:Manual of political economy

Source: Manual of political economy

“In science, 'fact' can only mean 'confirmed to such a degree that it would be perverse to withhold provisional assent.' I suppose that apples might start to rise tomorrow, but the possibility does not merit equal time in physics classrooms.”

Mean Doe Facts Might Would Be Science Religion Possibility Evolution Tomorrow Equal Degrees Physics Merit Apples Classroom Scientific Facts Rotten Apples

Author:Stephen Jay Gould

“We had rather do anything than acknowledge the merit of another if we can help it. We cannot bear a superior or an equal. Hence ridicule is sure to prevail over truth, for the malice of mankind, thrown into the scale, gives the casting weight.”

Ifs Giving Helping Mankind Bears Equal Weight Envy Scales Superiors Acknowledge Merit Thrown Ridicule Casting Malice

Author:William Hazlitt

“The well-meaning contention that all ideas have equal merit seems to me little different from the disastrous contention that no ideas have any merit.”

Wells Littles Ideas Different Seems Equal No Idea Merit Contention

Book:Broca's brain: reflections on the romance of science

Source: Broca's brain: reflections on the romance of science

“Nothing strengthens the judgment and quickens the conscience like individual responsibility. Nothing adds such dignity to character as the recognition of one's self-sovereignty; the right to an equal place, everywhere conceded--a place earned by personal merit, not an artificial attainment by inheritance, wealth, family and position.”

“A genial and cultured Arab, Ameen Rihani, whose English is perfect and whose eloquence is astounding. He will discuss with equal eagerness and knowledge the merits of Picasso or Van Gogh, or the Zionist question, or the British achievements in Arabia.”

Perfect Equal Achievement British Merit Vans Eloquence Arabia Zionist Eagerness

Author:Kenneth Williams

“Everybody wants to be good, but not many are prepared to make the sacrifices it takes to be great. To many people, being nice in order to be liked is more important. There's equal merit in that, but you must not confuse being good with being liked.”

People Want Important Order Nice Sacrifice Equal Prepared Be Good Merit Being Nice

Author:Paul Arden

“The most successful businessmen were often uneducated when measured by the scholastic standards of the teaching profession. But they were equal to their social function of adjusting production to the most urgent demand. Because of these merits the consumers chose them for business leadership.”

Source: Human action: a treatise on economics

“Whatever grounds there are for making merit productive of a future birth, all these do not equal a sixteenth part of the liberation of mind by loving-kindness. The liberation of mind by loving-kindness surpasses them and shines forth, bright and brilliant.”

Mind Kindness Birth Equal Shining Brilliant Liberation Merit Productive Loving Kindness

Author:Gautama Buddha

“If any refuse to obey the common laws and orders of the ship concerning their common peace or preservation; if any shall mutiny or rise up against their commanders and officers; if any should preach or write that there should be no commanders or officers because all are equal in Christ, therefore no master or officers, no laws nor orders, nor corrections nor punishments - I say I never denied that in such cases, the commander may judge, resist, compel, and punish such transgressors according to their deserts and merits.”

“[Michael] Chabon is arguing in favor of what is at the same time an old-fashioned and very forward-thinking opening up - of taking off the class associations with those labels, because we grew up, or I certainly grew up, feeling that, "Oh, there's literary fiction, and beneath that, there's these other things." He's actually saying that they're all of equal merit, and in many cases, that work in the genres, or work that draws from the genres is more entertaining for readers, since it is our job to entertain people.”