Named National Merit

Famous quotes containing the words named, national and/or merit:

    “The mighty river flowing dark and deep,
    With ebb and flood from the remote sea-tides
    Vague-sounding through the City’s sleepless sleep,
    Is named the River of the Suicides;”
    —James Thomson (1834–1882)

    “Just so before we’re international,
    We’re national and act as nationals.”
    —Robert Frost (1874–1963)

    “Arrogance on the part of the meritorious is even more offensive to us than the arrogance of those without merit: for merit itself is offensive.”
    —Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900)