Praise

"It is not for minds like ours to give or to receive flattery; yet the praises of sincerity have ever been permitted to the voice of friendship."

"Praise enough To fill the ambition of a private man, That Chatham's language was his mother-tongue."

"No person will sit with patience to hear any one praised for more than five minutes, but a commentator on others' defects will have willing listeners, and the minutes will not be counted."

"The only way to escape the corruptible effect of praise is to go on working."

"From sunrise till sunset, may the name of Ezina be praised. People should submit to the yoke of Ezina. Whoever has silver, whoever has jewels, whoever has cattle, whoever has sheep shall take a seat at the gate of whoever has grain, and pass his time there."

"I am about courting a girl I have had but little acquaintance with. How shall I come to a knowledge of her faults, and whether she has the virtues I imagine she has? Answer. Commend her among her female acquaintance."

"Anyone who delights in praise destroys it."

"He who praises every body, praises nobody."

"Alas! the praise given to the ear Ne'er was nor e'er can be sincere."

"Praise — actual personal praise— oftener frets and embarrasses than it encourages. It is too small when too near."

"You are pretty,—we know it; and young,—it is true; and rich,—who can deny it? But when you praise yourself extravagantly, Fabulla, you appear neither rich, nor pretty, nor young."

"Join voices, all ye living souls: ye birds, That singing up to heaven-gate ascend, Bear on your wings and in your notes his praise."

"And touch'd their golden harps, and hymning praised God and his works."

"Of whom to be disprais'd were no small praise."

"To what base ends, and by what abject ways, Are mortals urg'd through sacred lust of praise!"

"Delightful praise!—like summer rose, That brighter in the dew-drop glows, The bashful maiden's cheek appear'd, For Douglas spoke, and Malcolm heard."

"Praising what is lost Makes the remembrance dear."

"Thou wilt say anon he is some kin to thee, Thou spend'st such high-day wit in praising him."

"Our praises are our wages."

"Remember, I have not appointed you as commanders and tyrants over the people. I have sent you as leaders instead, so that the people may follow your example. Give the Muslims their rights and do not beat them lest they become abused. Do not praise them unduly, lest they fall into the error of conceit. Do not keep your doors shut in their faces, lest the more powerful of them eat up the weaker ones. And do not behave as if you were superior to them, for that is tyranny over them."

"I grant the man is vain who writes for praise. Praise no man e'er deserved who sought no more."

"Praise undeserved is satire in disguise."

"Trahimur omnes laudis studio, et optimus quisque maxime gloria ducitur."

"Lætus sum Laudari me abs te, pater, laudato viro."

"Earth, with her thousand voices, praises God."

"Praise the bridge that carried you over."

"When needs he must, yet faintly then he praises; Somewhat the deed, much more the means he raises: So marreth what he makes, and praising most, dispraises."

"Long open panegyric drags at best, And praise is only praise when well address'd."

"Good people all, with one accord, Lament for Madame Blaize, Who never wanted a good word— From those who spoke her praise."

"Praise me not too much, Nor blame me, for thou speakest to the Greeks Who know me."

"Praise from a friend, or censure from a foe, Are lost on hearers that our merits know."

"Laudator temporis acti."

"Principibus placuisse viris nou ultima laus est."

"A refusal of praise is a desire to be praised twice."

"Cela est beau, et je vous louerais davantage si vous m'aviez loué moins."

"The sweeter sound of woman's praise."

"Approbation from Sir Hubert Stanley is praise indeed."

"Solid pudding against empty praise."

"Praise undeserved is scandal in disguise."

"Id facere laus est quod decet, non quod licet."

"We bow our heads before Thee, and we laud And magnify Thy name, Almighty God! But Man is Thy most awful instrument, In working out a pure intent."

"With faint praises one another damn."

"The most pleasing of all sounds that of your own praise."

"The love of praise, howe'er conceal'd by art, Reigns more or less, and glows, in ev'ry heart."