The Church knew what the psalmist knew: Music praises God. Music is well or better able to praise him than the building of the church and all its decoration; it is the Church's greatest ornament.
Igor StravinskyWho cared if there was really any Being to pray to? What mattered was the sense of giving thanks and praise, the feeling of a humble and grateful heart.
Oliver SacksFor we, which now behold these present days, Have eyes to wonder, but lack tongues to praise (Sonnet 106)
William ShakespeareWonder is involuntary praise
Edward YoungHunger is never delicate; they who are seldom gorged to the full with praise may be safely fed with gross compliments, for the appetite must be satisfied before it is disgusted.
Samuel JohnsonAmong the smaller duties of life I hardly know any one more important than that of not praising where praise is not due.
Sydney SmithNone knew thee but to love thee, nor named thee but to praise
Fitz-Greene HalleckThought is a process of exaggeration. The refusal to exaggerate is not infrequently an alibi for the disinclination to think or praise.
Eric HofferThese poems, with all their crudities, doubts, and confusions, are written for the love of Man and in praise of God, and I'd be a damned fool if they weren't.
Dylan ThomasWhen all is summed up, a man never speaks of himself without loss; his accusations of himself are always believed, his praises never
MontaigneBe thou the first true merit to befriend, his praise is lost who stays till all commend.
Alexander PopeTrust him little who praise all, him less who censures all and him least who is indifferent about all
Johann Lavater Books that have become classics - books that have had their day and now get more praise than perusal - always remind me of retired colonels and majors and captains who, having reached the age limit, find themselves retired on half pay.
Thomas Bailey AldrichNecessity may render a doubtful act innocent, but it cannot make it praiseworthy
Joseph JoubertFriends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears; I come to bury Caesar, not to praise him (Julius Caesar, Act 3, Scene 2)
William ShakespeareIf to the viewer's eyes, my world appears less beautiful than his, I'm to be pitied and the viewer praised.
Rockwell KentReal joy comes not from ease or riches or from the praise of men, but from doing something worthwhile.
Wilfred GrenfellAnything 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.
Marcus AureliusAn ingenuous mind feels in unmerited praise the bitterest reproof.
Walter LandorIt is simpler and easier to flatter people than to praise them.
Jean Paul RichterNeither blame or praise yourself.
PlutarchThe sweetest of all sounds is praise.
XenophonWhen one cannot appraise out of one's own experience, the temptation to blunder is minimized, but even when one can, appraisal seems chiefly useful as appraisal of the appraiser.
Marianne MooreBe not too hasty either with praise or blame; speak always as though you were giving evidence before the judgement-seat of the Gods.
SenecaExperience praises the most happy the one who made the most people happy.
Karl MarxFriends may be admonished privately, but praise them openly
Publilius SyrusMany a man is praised for his reserve and so-called shyness when he is simply too proud to risk making a fool of himself.
J B PriestleyA desire to be observed, considered, esteemed, praised, beloved, and admired by his fellows is one of the earliest as well as the keenest dispositions discovered in the heart of man.
John AdamsPeople ask for criticism, but they only want praise.
W Somerset MaughamI believe the bicentenary offers us a chance not just to say how profoundly shameful the slave trade was - how we condemn its existence utterly and praise those who fought for its abolition - but also to express our deep sorrow that it could ever have happened and rejoice at the better times we live in today
Tony BlairModesty and unselfishness - these are the virtues which men praise - and pass by.
Andre MauroisPraise follows truth afar off, and only overtakes her at the grave; plausibility clings to her skirts and holds her back till then
James Russell LowellIt is music to my ears. I have always said that if I were a rich man, I would employ a professional praiser.
Osbert SitwellYou praise the firm restraint with which they write -
I'm with you there, of course:
They use the snaffle and the surb all right,
But where's the bloody horse?
Roy CampbellIt's all very well Eminem going on about Detroit. You have to be a bit braver to go around singing the praises of Lowestoft!
Justin HawkinsOne should use praise to recognize what one is not.
Elias CanettiWe are willing enough to praise freedom when she is safely tucked away in the past and cannot be a nuisance. In the present, amidst dangers whose outcome we cannot foresee, we get nervous about her, and admit censorship.
E M ForsterPraise the bridge that carried you over.
George ColmanHaving the critics praise you is like having the hangman say you've got a pretty neck.
Eli WallachHe that departs with his own honesty
For vulgar praise, doth it too dearly buy
Ben JonsonNow God be praised, I will die in peace. (Dying words)
James WolfeIt will take a long time for women's effect on politics to register so that we may properly appraise it.
Florence E AllenO what is it proud slime will not believe
Of his own worth, to hear it equal praised
Thus with the gods?
Ben JonsonPraise the green earth. Chance has appointed her home, workshop, larder, middenpit. Her lousy skin scabbed here and there by cities provides us with name and nation.
Basil BuntingThe praise of ancient authors proceeds not from the reverence of the dead, but from the competition and mutual envy of the living.
Thomas HobbesAlways remember, everyone is hungry for praise and starving for honest appreciation.
David BergAll that a husband or wife really wants is to be pitied a little, praised a little, and appreciated a little
Oliver GoldsmithHe who praises everybody, praises nobody.
Samuel JohnsonGreat investment opportunities come around when excellent companies are surrounded by unusual circumstances that cause the stock to be misappraised.
Warren BuffettThink not those faithful who praise all thy words and actions; but those who kindly reprove thy faults.
Socrates
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