I'll privily away; I love the people,
But do not like to stage me to their eyes;
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I'll privily away; I love the people,
But do not like to stage me to their eyes;
Though it do well, I do not relish well
Their loud applause and aves vehement,
Nor do I think the man of safe discretion
That does not affect it.

The point is not to take the world's opinion as a guiding star but to go one's way in life read more

The point is not to take the world's opinion as a guiding star but to go one's way in life and working unerringly, neither depressed by failure nor seduced by applause.

Applause waits on success.

Applause waits on success.

Fare ye well, and give us your applause.
[Lat., Vos valete et plaudite.]

Fare ye well, and give us your applause.
[Lat., Vos valete et plaudite.]

The silence that accepts merit as the most natural thing in the world is the highest applause.

The silence that accepts merit as the most natural thing in the world is the highest applause.

Don’t clap I’m not a jazz band for Christ’s sake.

Don’t clap I’m not a jazz band for Christ’s sake.

The applause of a single human being is of great consequence.

The applause of a single human being is of great consequence.

We believe that the applause of silence is the only kind that counts.

We believe that the applause of silence is the only kind that counts.

What exactly is success? For me it is to be found not in applause, but in the satisfaction of feeling read more

What exactly is success? For me it is to be found not in applause, but in the satisfaction of feeling that one is realizing one's ideal.