There is not one wise man in twenty that will praise himself.

There is not one wise man in twenty that will praise himself.

Join voices, all ye living souls: ye birds,
That singing up to heaven-gate ascend,
Bear on your read more

Join voices, all ye living souls: ye birds,
That singing up to heaven-gate ascend,
Bear on your wings and in your notes his 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.

I can live for two months on a good compliment.

I can live for two months on a good compliment.

Censure is often useful, praise is often deceitful

Censure is often useful, praise is often deceitful

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.

A eulogist of past times.
[Lat., Laudator temporis acti.]

A eulogist of past times.
[Lat., Laudator temporis acti.]

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!

You do ill to praise, but worse to censure, what you do not understand

You do ill to praise, but worse to censure, what you do not understand