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Solid pudding against empty praise.
Solid pudding against empty praise.
Praise undeserved is scandal in disguise.
Praise undeserved is scandal in disguise.
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.
Fondly we think we honor merit then, When we but praise ourselves in other men.
Fondly we think we honor merit then, When we but praise ourselves in other men.
A refusal of praise is a desire to be praised twice.
A refusal of praise is a desire to be praised twice.
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.
There is not one wise man in twenty that will praise himself.
There is not one wise man in twenty that will praise himself.
Praise undeserved s satire in disguise.
Praise undeserved s satire in disguise.
A eulogist of past times.
[Lat., Laudator temporis acti.]
A eulogist of past times.
[Lat., Laudator temporis acti.]