Quotations
Quotes:
Anything in any way beautiful derives its beauty from itself and asks nothing beyond itself. Praise is no part of it, for nothing is made worse or better by praise.
View quotes by Marcus Aurelius
Neither blame or praise yourself.
View quotes by Plutarch
One should use praise to recognize what one is not.
View quotes by Elias Canetti
Wonder is involuntary praise
View quotes by Edward Young
Praise the bridge that carried you over.
View quotes by George Colman
People ask for criticism, but they only want praise.
View quotes by W Somerset Maugham
The sweetest of all sounds is praise.
View quotes by Xenophon
'Argentina are the second best side in the world... and there's no better praise than that'
View quotes by Kevin Keegan
Trust him little who praise all, him less who censures all and him least who is indifferent about all
View quotes by Johann Lavater
You do ill if you praise, but worse if you censure, what you do not understand.
View quotes by Leonardo Da Vinci
Modesty and unselfishness - these are the virtues which men praise - and pass by.
View quotes by Andre Maurois
Sandwich every bit of criticism between two thick layers of praise.
View quotes by Mary Kay Ash
It is simpler and easier to flatter people than to praise them.
View quotes by Jean Paul Richter
Real joy comes not from ease or riches or from the praise of men, but from doing something worthwhile.
View quotes by Wilfred Grenfell
There are two things people want more than sex and money... recognition and praise.
View quotes by Mary Kay Ash
Having the critics praise you is like having the hangman say you've got a pretty neck.
View quotes by Eli Wallach
Friends may be admonished privately, but praise them openly
View quotes by Publilius Syrus
Among the smaller duties of life I hardly know any one more important than that of not praising where praise is not due.
View quotes by Sydney Smith
Our high respect for a well read person is praise enough for literature.
View quotes by T S Eliot
He that departs with his own honesty
For vulgar praise, doth it too dearly buy
View quotes by Ben Jonson
Proverbs:
Every Cook Praises His Own Broth
Do Not Praise Yourself While Going Into Battle; Praise Yourself Coming Out Of Battle
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