The assumption of merit is easier, less embarrassing, and more effectual than the actual attainment of it.


Characteristics: In the Manner of Rochefoucault's Maxims (ed. 1823)

William Hazlitt Quotes

The assumption of merit is easier, less embarrassing, and more effectual than the actual attainment of it.

The assumption of merit is easier, less embarrassing, and more effectual than the actual attainment of it.

The assumption of merit is easier, less embarrassing, and more effectual than the actual attainment of it.

The assumption of merit is easier, less embarrassing, and more effectual than the actual attainment of it.