Military Merit Order

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

    [I]t is a civil Cowardice to be backward in asserting what you ought to expect, as it is a military Fear to be slow in attacking when it is your Duty.
    Richard Steele (1672–1729)

    The appearances of goodness and merit often meet with a greater reward from the world than goodness and merit themselves.
    François, Duc De La Rochefoucauld (1613–1680)

    “I have said no
    To everything, in order to get at myself.
    I have wiped away moonlight like mud....”
    Wallace Stevens (1879–1955)