Highest Merit

Famous quotes containing the words highest and/or merit:

    “The highest end of government is the culture of men.”
    —Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)

    “The food of thy soul is light and space; feed it then on light and space. But the food of thy body is champagne and oysters; feed it then on champagne and oysters; and so shall it merit a joyful resurrection, if there is any to be.”
    —Herman Melville (1819–1891)