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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.
Solid pudding against empty praise.
Solid pudding against empty praise.
That is fine, and I would have praised you more had you praised
me less.
[Fr., Cela est read more
That is fine, and I would have praised you more had you praised
me less.
[Fr., Cela est beau, et je vous louerais davantage si vous
m'aviez loue moins.]
When needs he must, yet faintly then he praises;
Somewhat the deed, much more the means he raises:
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When needs he must, yet faintly then he praises;
Somewhat the deed, much more the means he raises:
So marreth what he makes, and praising most, dispraises.
Earth, with her thousand voices, praises God.
Earth, with her thousand voices, praises God.
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!
Censure is often useful, praise is often deceitful
Censure is often useful, praise is often deceitful
He who praises everybody, praises nobody.
He who praises everybody, praises nobody.
A eulogist of past times.
[Lat., Laudator temporis acti.]
A eulogist of past times.
[Lat., Laudator temporis acti.]
