A Quote by Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston

What is merit? The opinion one man entertains of another.

Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston

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Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston
British - Politician
October 20, 1784 - October 8, 1865

Vanity does not refer to the opinion a man entertains of himself, but to that which he wishes others to entertain of him.

William Hazlitt

The superiority of one man's opinion over another's is never so great as when the opinion is about a woman.

Henry James

Respect for another man's opinion is worthy. It is the realization that any opinion is valuable, for it is the sign of a rational being.

Sargent Shriver

The mischief of flattery is, not that it persuades any man that he is what he is not, but that it suppresses the influence of honest ambition, by raising an opinion that honour may be gained without the toil of merit.

Samuel Johnson

The merit of originality is not novelty; it is sincerity. The believing man is the original man; whatsoever he believes, he believes it for himself, not for another.

Thomas Carlyle

I have always strenuously supported the right of every man to his own opinion, however different that opinion might be to mine. He who denies to another this right, makes a slave of himself to his present opinion, because he precludes himself the right of changing it.

Thomas Paine

I do whatever entertains me. If it entertains me to throw flowers halfway across the room, then that's what I'll do.

Kevin Owens

If people are reacting to films based on their degree of success or failure, then they're not really looking at the movie. I don't really care about that. Everyone's entitled to an opinion, but at least base your opinion on the merit of the work itself.

Matt Dillon

Idolatry is in a man's own thought, not in the opinion of another.

John Selden

Since I have difficulty defining merit and what merit alone means - and in any context, whether it's judicial or otherwise - I accept that different experiences in and of itself, bring merit to the system.

Sonia Sotomayor

If merit is not recognised, still it is merit, and it ought to be honoured as such; but if it is rewarded, it becomes valuable in the eyes of all, and everybody is encouraged to pursue that course in which merit obtains its due reward.

Keshub Chandra Sen

To attach no importance to public opinion, is a proof that you do not merit its suffrage.

Napoleon Bonaparte

the most censorious are generally the least judicious; who, having nothing to recommend themselves, will be finding fault with others. No man envies the merit of another, that has any of his own.

Ellin Devis

If whatever we do changes one person's opinion, gets one person's readiness better than it was before, or at the end of the day entertains people, than we've done our job.

Bill Goldberg

But facts always convince, and another man's opinion rarely convinces.

Anthony Trollope

Initially what defined me as a 'man repeller' was my conscious effort to wear clothing that was attractive in my opinion but not necessarily in a man's opinion.

Leandra Medine

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