Anything in any way beautiful derives its beauty from itself and asks nothing beyond itself. Praise is no part of read more

Anything in any way beautiful derives its beauty from itself and asks nothing beyond itself. Praise is no part of it, for nothing is made worse or better by praise.

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

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

Praise the bridge that carried you over.

Praise the bridge that carried you over.

The sweeter sound of woman's praise.

The sweeter sound of woman's praise.

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.

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.

We are always more anxious to be distinguished for a talent which we do not possess, than to be praised read more

We are always more anxious to be distinguished for a talent which we do not possess, than to be praised for the fifteen which we do possess

He who praises everybody, praises nobody.

He who praises everybody, praises nobody.