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Solid pudding against empty praise.
Solid pudding against empty praise.
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!
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.
I can live for two months on a good compliment.
I can live for two months on a good compliment.
Praise undeserved is scandal in disguise.
Praise undeserved is scandal in disguise.
There is not one wise man in twenty that will praise himself.
There is not one wise man in twenty that will praise himself.
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.
Praise the bridge that carried you over.
Praise the bridge that carried you over.
That is fine, and I would have praised you more had you praised
me less.
[Fr., Cela est read more
That is fine, and I would have praised you more had you praised
me less.
[Fr., Cela est beau, et je vous louerais davantage si vous
m'aviez loue moins.]
