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merit quotes

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“You fail to recognize that it matters not what someone is born, but what they grow to be!” J. K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
“the merit in all things consists in the difficulty.” Alexandre Dumas, The Three Musketeers
“It is easy, when you are young, to believe that what you desire is no less than what you deserve, to assume that if you want something badly enough, it is your God-given right to have it.” Jon Krakauer, Into the Wild
“The more I see of the world, the more am I dissatisfied with it; and every day confirms my belief of the inconsistency of all human characters, and of the little dependence that can be placed on the appearance of merit or sense.” Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice
“don't over-estimate your own merits.” Bertrand Russell, The Conquest of Happiness
“I must learn to brook being happier than I deserve.” Jane Austen, Persuasion
“Reputation is an idle and most false imposition; oft got without merit and lost without deserving: you have lost no reputation at all, unless you repute yourself such a loser.” William Shakespeare, Othello
“The worst guilt is to accept an undeserved guilt” Ayn Rand, Atlas Shrugged
“What we have not chosen we cannot consider either our merit or our failure.” Milan Kundera, The Unbearable Lightness of Being

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happiness desire youth choice narcissism failure guilt difficulty reputation growth birth discontent perfectionism loser

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Jane Austen (2)
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Pride and Prejudice (1)
The Unbearable Lightness of Being (1)
The Conquest of Happiness (1)
Othello (1)
Atlas Shrugged (1)
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (1)
The Three Musketeers (1)
Persuasion (1)
Into the Wild (1)