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If you wish your merit to be known, acknowledge that of other people.


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Acknowledgment -- If you wish your merit to be known, acknowledge that of other people.
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SENECA (SENECA THE ELDER) If you wish to be loved, love
SENECA Heaven goes by favor. If it went by merit, you would stay out and your dog would go in.
MARK TWAIN Heaven goes by favor; if it went by merit, you would stay out and your dog would go in.
MARK TWAIN Heaven goes by favour. If it went by merit, you would stay out and your dog would go in.
MARK TWAIN Heaven goes by favor; if it went by merit, you would stay out and your dog would go in
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