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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.
Earth, with her thousand voices, praises God.
Earth, with her thousand voices, praises God.
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.]
Of whom to be disprais'd were no small praise.
Of whom to be disprais'd were no small praise.
Praise undeserved is scandal in disguise.
Praise undeserved is scandal in disguise.
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.
And touch'd their golden harps, and hymning praised
God and his works.
And touch'd their golden harps, and hymning praised
God and his works.
Censure is often useful, praise is often deceitful
Censure is often useful, praise is often deceitful
A refusal of praise is a desire to be praised twice.
A refusal of praise is a desire to be praised twice.