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.]

Applause that comes thundering with such force you might think the audience merely suffers the music as an excuse for read more

Applause that comes thundering with such force you might think the audience merely suffers the music as an excuse for its ovations.

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.

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.

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.

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.

With these shreds
They vented their complainings, which being answered
And a petition granted them, a strange read more

With these shreds
They vented their complainings, which being answered
And a petition granted them, a strange one,
To break the heart of generosity,
And make bold power look pale, they threw their caps
As they would hang them on the horns o' th' moon,
Shouting their emulation.

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.

Applause is the spur of noble minds, the end and aim of weak ones.

Applause is the spur of noble minds, the end and aim of weak ones.