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.
Marcus AureliusI 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 BlairPraise out of season, or tactlessly bestowed, can freeze the heart as much as blame.
Pearl BuckO what is it proud slime will not believe
Of his own worth, to hear it equal praised
Thus with the gods?
Ben JonsonVirtues are acquired through endeavour, Which rests wholly upon yourself. So, to praise others for their virtues Can but encourage one's own efforts.
NagarjunaSandwich every bit of criticism between two thick layers of praise.
Mary Kay AshNecessity may render a doubtful act innocent, but it cannot make it praiseworthy
Joseph JoubertAn ingenuous mind feels in unmerited praise the bitterest reproof.
Walter LandorPraise follows truth afar off, and only overtakes her at the grave; plausibility clings to her skirts and holds her back till then
James Russell LowellNone knew thee but to love thee, nor named thee but to praise
Fitz-Greene HalleckWhere through the long-drawn aisle and fretted vault
The pealing anthem swells the note of praise.
Thomas GrayIf to the viewer's eyes, my world appears less beautiful than his, I'm to be pitied and the viewer praised.
Rockwell Kent'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 SoutheyThere are two things people want more than sex and money... recognition and praise.
Mary Kay AshA 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 AdamsBooks 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 AldrichAll that a husband or wife really wants is to be pitied a little, praised a little, and appreciated a little
Oliver GoldsmithFor we, which now behold these present days, Have eyes to wonder, but lack tongues to praise (Sonnet 106)
William ShakespearePraise the bridge that carried you over.
George ColmanThe 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 Sarton'Argentina are the second best side in the world... and there's no better praise than that'
Kevin KeeganIt is simpler and easier to flatter people than to praise them.
Jean Paul RichterOne should use praise to recognize what one is not.
Elias CanettiWho 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 SacksYou 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 CampbellGreat investment opportunities come around when excellent companies are surrounded by unusual circumstances that cause the stock to be misappraised.
Warren BuffettHe who praises everybody, praises nobody.
Samuel JohnsonBe not too hasty either with praise or blame; speak always as though you were giving evidence before the judgement-seat of the Gods.
SenecaAll 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 KetheIn praising Antony I have dispraised Caesar.
CleopatraWonder 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 JohnsonMany 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 PriestleyHaving the critics praise you is like having the hangman say you've got a pretty neck.
Eli WallachThere are four kinds of Homicide: felonious, excusable, justifiable, and praiseworthy.
Ambrose BierceBe thou the first true merit to befriend, his praise is lost who stays till all commend.
Alexander PopeThe 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 StravinskyThat is fine, and I would have praised you more had you praised me less
Louis XIV Of FranceAmong the smaller duties of life I hardly know any one more important than that of not praising where praise is not due.
Sydney SmithIt will take a long time for women's effect on politics to register so that we may properly appraise it.
Florence E AllenWe 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 ForsterIt'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 HawkinsPraise 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 BuntingNeither blame or praise yourself.
PlutarchPraise the Lord and pass the ammunition (At Pearl Harbour, 7 December 1941)
Howell ForgyOur high respect for a well read person is praise enough for literature.
T S EliotIt is music to my ears. I have always said that if I were a rich man, I would employ a professional praiser.
Osbert SitwellThese 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 ThomasAlways remember, everyone is hungry for praise and starving for honest appreciation.
David BergFools may our scorn, not envy, raise. For envy is a kind of praise.
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