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To please great men is not the last degree of praise.
[Lat., Principibus placuisse viris non ultima laus est.]
To please great men is not the last degree of praise.
[Lat., Principibus placuisse viris non ultima laus est.]
Praise the bridge that carried you over.
Praise the bridge that carried you over.
Praise me not too much,
Nor blame me, for thou speakest to the Greeks
Who know me.
Praise me not too much,
Nor blame me, for thou speakest to the Greeks
Who know me.
You do ill to praise, but worse to censure, what you do not understand
You do ill to praise, but worse to censure, what you do not understand
A eulogist of past times.
[Lat., Laudator temporis acti.]
A eulogist of past times.
[Lat., Laudator temporis acti.]
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!
Fondly we think we honor merit then, When we but praise ourselves in other men.
Fondly we think we honor merit then, When we but praise ourselves in other men.
Solid pudding against empty praise.
Solid pudding against empty praise.
And touch'd their golden harps, and hymning praised
God and his works.
And touch'd their golden harps, and hymning praised
God and his works.
