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.

I am pleased to be praised by a man so praised as you, father.
[Words used by Hector.]
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I am pleased to be praised by a man so praised as you, father.
[Words used by Hector.]
[Lat., Laetus sum
Laudari me abs te, pater, laudato viro.]

Self - praise is no recommendation

Self - praise is no recommendation

He who praises everybody, praises nobody.

He who praises everybody, praises nobody.

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

The more you praise and celebrate your life, the more there is in life to celebrate.

The more you praise and celebrate your life, the more there is in life to celebrate.

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.

Of whom to be disprais'd were no small praise.

Of whom to be disprais'd were no small praise.

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.