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The sweeter sound of woman's praise.
The sweeter sound of woman's praise.
Praise from a friend, or censure from a foe,
Are lost on hearers that our merits know.
Praise from a friend, or censure from a foe,
Are lost on hearers that our merits know.
Self - praise is no recommendation
Self - praise is no recommendation
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!
We are all exited by the love of praise, and the noblest are most
influenced by glory.
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We are all exited by the love of praise, and the noblest are most
influenced by glory.
[Lat., Trahimur omnes laudis studio, et optimus quisque maxime
gloria ducitur.]
Praise undeserved is scandal in disguise.
Praise undeserved is scandal in disguise.
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.]
There is not one wise man in twenty that will praise himself.
There is not one wise man in twenty that will praise himself.
Earth, with her thousand voices, praises God.
Earth, with her thousand voices, praises God.
