“Mere bashfulness without merit is awkwardness”
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“Mere bashfulness without merit is awkwardness”
“Modesty is to merit, as shades to figures in a picture, giving it strength and beauty”
“It is the glory and merit of some men to write well, and of others not to write at all”
“The most accomplished monkey cannot draw a monkey, this only man can do; just as it is also only man who regards his ability to do this as a distinct merit”
“Many men owe the grandeur of their lives to the tremendous difficulties”