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Long open panegyric drags at best,
And praise is only praise when well address'd.
Long open panegyric drags at best,
And praise is only praise when well address'd.
Our proper bliss depends on what we blame.
Our proper bliss depends on what we blame.
A good leader is a person who takes a little more than his share of the blame and a little read more
A good leader is a person who takes a little more than his share of the blame and a little less than his share of the credit.
Think not those faithful who praise all thy words and actions; but those who kindly reprove thy faults.
Think not those faithful who praise all thy words and actions; but those who kindly reprove thy faults.
Praise enough
To fill the ambition of a private man,
That Chatham's language was his mother-tongue.
Praise enough
To fill the ambition of a private man,
That Chatham's language was his mother-tongue.
To what base ends, and by what abject ways,
Are mortals urg'd through sacred lust of praise!
To what base ends, and by what abject ways,
Are mortals urg'd through sacred lust of praise!
Get someone else to blow your horn and the sound will carry twice as far.
Get someone else to blow your horn and the sound will carry twice as far.
We are all exited by the love of praise, and the noblest are most
influenced by glory.
[Lat., read more
We are all exited by the love of praise, and the noblest are most
influenced by glory.
[Lat., Trahimur omnes laudis studio, et optimus quisque maxime
gloria ducitur.]
Censure is often useful, praise is often deceitful
Censure is often useful, praise is often deceitful