Friedrich Merit Order

Famous quotes containing the words friedrich, merit and/or order:

    It is a matter of perfect indifference where a thing originated; the only question is: “Is it true in and for itself?”
    —Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel (1770–1831)

    What I shall have to say here is neither difficult nor contentious; the only merit I should like to claim for it is that of being true, at least in parts.
    —J.L. (John Langshaw)

    England has the most sordid literary scene I’ve ever seen. They all meet in the same pub. This guy’s writing a foreword for this person. They all have to give radio programs, they have to do all this just in order to scrape by. They’re all scratching each other’s backs.
    William Burroughs (b. 1914)