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I can live for two months on a good compliment.
I can live for two months on a good compliment.
Censure is often useful, praise is often deceitful
Censure is often useful, praise is often deceitful
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.
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.
Self - praise is no recommendation
Self - praise is no recommendation
A refusal of praise is a desire to be praised twice.
A refusal of praise is a desire to be praised twice.
Sweet is the scene where genial friendship plays The pleasing game of interchanging praise.
Sweet is the scene where genial friendship plays The pleasing game of interchanging praise.
Praise undeserved s satire in disguise.
Praise undeserved s satire in disguise.
Approbation from Sir Hubert Stanley is praise indeed.
Approbation from Sir Hubert Stanley is praise indeed.