When 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 MooreMany 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 PriestleyNone knew thee but to love thee, nor named thee but to praise
Fitz-Greene HalleckNow God be praised, I will die in peace. (Dying words)
James WolfeVirtues are acquired through endeavour, Which rests wholly upon yourself. So, to praise others for their virtues Can but encourage one's own efforts.
Nagarjuna'And everybody praised the Duke,
Who this great fight did win.'
'But what good came of it at last?'
Quoth little Peterkin.
'Why that I cannot tell', said he,
'But 'twas a famous victory.'
Robert SoutheyBe thou the first true merit to befriend, his praise is lost who stays till all commend.
Alexander PopeSandwich every bit of criticism between two thick layers of praise.
Mary Kay AshAll that a husband or wife really wants is to be pitied a little, praised a little, and appreciated a little
Oliver GoldsmithOur high respect for a well read person is praise enough for literature.
T S EliotNeither blame or praise yourself.
PlutarchAlways remember, everyone is hungry for praise and starving for honest appreciation.
David BergFriends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears; I come to bury Caesar, not to praise him (Julius Caesar, Act 3, Scene 2)
William ShakespeareModesty and unselfishness - these are the virtues which men praise - and pass by.
Andre MauroisBe not too hasty either with praise or blame; speak always as though you were giving evidence before the judgement-seat of the Gods.
SenecaI 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 BlairIt is simpler and easier to flatter people than to praise them.
Jean Paul RichterAn ingenuous mind feels in unmerited praise the bitterest reproof.
Walter LandorThe sweetest of all sounds is praise.
Xenophon'Argentina are the second best side in the world... and there's no better praise than that'
Kevin KeeganAll people that on earth do dwell,
Sing to the Lord with cheerful voice;
Him serve with fear, his praise forth tell,
Come ye before him, and rejoice
William KetheWho 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 SacksHe that departs with his own honesty
For vulgar praise, doth it too dearly buy
Ben JonsonExperience praises the most happy the one who made the most people happy.
Karl MarxWonder is involuntary praise
Edward YoungYou do ill if you praise, but worse if you censure, what you do not understand.
Leonardo Da VinciAnything 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 AureliusIn praising Antony I have dispraised Caesar.
CleopatraFools may our scorn, not envy, raise. For envy is a kind of praise.
John GayPraise the Lord and pass the ammunition (At Pearl Harbour, 7 December 1941)
Howell ForgyPeople ask for criticism, but they only want praise.
W Somerset MaughamThe creative person, the person who moves from an irrational source of power, has to face the fact that this power antagonizes. Under all the superficial praise of the 'creative' is the desire to kill. It is the old war between the mystic and the nonmystic, a war to the death.
Mary SartonBooks 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 AldrichThought is a process of exaggeration. The refusal to exaggerate is not infrequently an alibi for the disinclination to think or praise.
Eric HofferThe 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 StravinskyIt is music to my ears. I have always said that if I were a rich man, I would employ a professional praiser.
Osbert SitwellFriends may be admonished privately, but praise them openly
Publilius SyrusThink not those faithful who praise all thy words and actions; but those who kindly reprove thy faults.
SocratesYou 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 CampbellHaving the critics praise you is like having the hangman say you've got a pretty neck.
Eli WallachOne should use praise to recognize what one is not.
Elias CanettiFor we, which now behold these present days, Have eyes to wonder, but lack tongues to praise (Sonnet 106)
William ShakespeareA 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 AdamsPraise the bridge that carried you over.
George ColmanNecessity may render a doubtful act innocent, but it cannot make it praiseworthy
Joseph JoubertIf to the viewer's eyes, my world appears less beautiful than his, I'm to be pitied and the viewer praised.
Rockwell KentIt'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 HawkinsHunger 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 JohnsonThese 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 ThomasHe who praises everybody, praises nobody.
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