Quotes of Praise - somelinesforyou

“ Be thou the first true merit to befriend, his praise is lost who stays till all commend. ”

- Alexander Pope

“ There are two modes of establishing our reputation: to be praised by honest men, and to be abused by rogues. It is best, however, to secure the former, because it will invariably be accompanied by the latter. ”

- Charles Caleb Colton

“ Such praise coming from so degraded a source, was degrading to me, its recipient. ”

- Cicero

“ He who praises you for what you lack wishes to take from you what you have. ”

- Don Juan Manuel

“ It is a sign of a creeping inner death when we no longer can praise the living. ”

- Eric Hoffer

“ The meanest, most contemptible kind of praise is that which first speaks well of a man, and then qualifies it with a "but". ”

- Henry Ward Beecher

“ Praise the young and they will flourish. ”

- Irish proverb

“ The praise that comes from love does not make us vain, but more humble. ”

- James M. Barrie

“ You do ill if you praise, but worse if you censure, what you do not understand. ”

- Leonardo da Vinci

“ We are always more anxious to be distinguished for a talent which we do not possess, than to be praised for the fifteen which we do possess. ”

- Mark Twain

“ Don't discuss yourself, for you are bound to lose; if you belittle yourself, you are believed; if you praise yourself, you are disbelieved. ”

- Michel de Montaigne

“ Praise, like gold and diamonds, owes its value only to its scarcity. ”

- Samuel Johnson

“ Be not too hasty either with praise or blame; speak always as though you were giving evidence before the judgement-seat of the Gods. ”

- Seneca

“ You can tell the character of every man when you see how he receives praise. ”

- Seneca

“ Praise from the common people is generally false, and rather follows the vain than the virtuous. ”

- Sir Francis Bacon

“ Real joy comes not from ease or riches or from the praise of men, but from doing something worthwhile. ”

- Sir Wilfred Grenfell

“ If a man is proud of his wealth, he should not be praised until it is known how he employs it. ”

- Socrates

“ Think not those faithful who praise all thy words and actions; but those who kindly reprove thy faults. ”

- Socrates

“ Their silence is sufficient praise. ”

- Terence

“ I do not confer praise or blame: I accept. I am the measure of all things. I am the centre of the world. ”

- W. Somerset Maugham

“ People ask for criticism, but they only want praise. ”

- W. Somerset Maugham

“ I pay no attention whatever to anybody's praise or blame. I simply follow my own feelings. ”

- Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

“ The meanest, most contemptible kind of praise is that which first speaks well of a man, and then qualifies it with a "but". ”

- Henry Ward Beecher

“ The greatest compliment that was ever paid me was when one asked me what I thought, and attended to my answer. ”

- Henry David Thoreau

“ What really flatters a man is that you think him worth flattering. ”

- George Bernard Shaw

“ His nature is too noble for the world. He would not flatter Neptune for his trident, Or Jove for's power to thunder. ”

- William Shakespeare

“ I have not loved the world, nor the world me; I have not flatter'd its rank breath, nor bow'd To its idolatries a patient knee. ”

- Lord Byron

“ Fools may our scorn, not envy, raise. For envy is a kind of praise. ”

- John Gay

“ Women are never disarmed by compliments. Men always are. That is the difference between the two sexes. ”

- Oscar Wilde

“ We have a problem. "Congratulations." But it's a tough problem. "Then double congratulations.". ”

- W. Clement Stone
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