<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Praise - Maxioms.com</title><description>Quotes, Famous Quotes, Sayings, Proverbs, Maxims, Axioms, Maxioms</description><link>http://www.maxioms.com</link><language>en-us</language><copyright>Copyright 2026 Maxioms.com. All Rights Reserved.</copyright><item><title><![CDATA[Fondly we think we honor merit then, When we but praise ourselves in other men. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63770]]></link><description><![CDATA[Fondly we think we honor merit then, When we but praise ourselves in other men.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63770</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I can live for two months on a good compliment. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48027]]></link><description><![CDATA[I can live for two months on a good compliment.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48027</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Get someone else to blow your horn and the sound will carry twice as far. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48028]]></link><description><![CDATA[Get someone else to blow your horn and the sound will carry twice as far.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48028</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The sweeter sound of woman's praise. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48015]]></link><description><![CDATA[The sweeter sound of woman's praise.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48015</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Join voices, all ye living souls: ye birds, That singing up to heaven-gate ascend,  Bear on your wings and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48016]]></link><description><![CDATA[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.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48016</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And touch'd their golden harps, and hymning praised God and his works. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48017]]></link><description><![CDATA[And touch'd their golden harps, and hymning praised God and his works.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48017</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Of whom to be disprais'd were no small praise. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48018]]></link><description><![CDATA[Of whom to be disprais'd were no small praise.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48018</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Approbation from Sir Hubert Stanley is praise indeed. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48019]]></link><description><![CDATA[Approbation from Sir Hubert Stanley is praise indeed.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48019</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Solid pudding against empty praise. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48020]]></link><description><![CDATA[Solid pudding against empty praise.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48020</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To what base ends, and by what abject ways, Are mortals urg'd through sacred lust of praise! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48021]]></link><description><![CDATA[To what base ends, and by what abject ways, Are mortals urg'd through sacred lust of praise!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48021</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Praise undeserved is scandal in disguise. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48022]]></link><description><![CDATA[Praise undeserved is scandal in disguise.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48022</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Delightful praise!--like summer rose, That brighter in the dew-drop glows,  The bashful maiden's cheek appear'd,   For Douglas ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48023]]></link><description><![CDATA[Delightful praise!--like summer rose, That brighter in the dew-drop glows,  The bashful maiden's cheek appear'd,   For Douglas spoke, and Malcolm heard.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48023</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He deserves praise who does not what he may, but what he ought. [Lat., Id facere laus est quod decet, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48024]]></link><description><![CDATA[He deserves praise who does not what he may, but what he ought. [Lat., Id facere laus est quod decet, non quod licet.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48024</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He who praises everybody, praises nobody. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48025]]></link><description><![CDATA[He who praises everybody, praises nobody.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48025</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sweet is the scene where genial friendship plays The pleasing game of interchanging praise. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48026]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sweet is the scene where genial friendship plays The pleasing game of interchanging praise.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48026</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Good people all, with one accord, Lament for Madame Blaize,  Who never wanted a good word--   From ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48008]]></link><description><![CDATA[Good people all, with one accord, Lament for Madame Blaize,  Who never wanted a good word--   From those who spoke her praise.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48008</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Praise me not too much, Nor blame me, for thou speakest to the Greeks  Who know me. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48009]]></link><description><![CDATA[Praise me not too much, Nor blame me, for thou speakest to the Greeks  Who know me.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48009</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Praise from a friend, or censure from a foe, Are lost on hearers that our merits know. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48010]]></link><description><![CDATA[Praise from a friend, or censure from a foe, Are lost on hearers that our merits know.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48010</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A eulogist of past times. [Lat., Laudator temporis acti.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48011]]></link><description><![CDATA[A eulogist of past times. [Lat., Laudator temporis acti.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48011</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To please great men is not the last degree of praise. [Lat., Principibus placuisse viris non ultima laus est.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48012]]></link><description><![CDATA[To please great men is not the last degree of praise. [Lat., Principibus placuisse viris non ultima laus est.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48012</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A refusal of praise is a desire to be praised twice. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48013]]></link><description><![CDATA[A refusal of praise is a desire to be praised twice.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48013</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[That is fine, and I would have praised you more had you praised me less. [Fr., Cela est beau, et ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48014]]></link><description><![CDATA[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.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48014</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Anything in any way beautiful derives its beauty from itself and asks nothing beyond itself. Praise is no part of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47997]]></link><description><![CDATA[Anything in any way beautiful derives its beauty from itself and asks nothing beyond itself. Praise is no part of it, for nothing is made worse or better by praise.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47997</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We are always more anxious to be distinguished for a talent which we do not possess, than to be praised ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47998]]></link><description><![CDATA[We are always more anxious to be distinguished for a talent which we do not possess, than to be praised for the fifteen which we do possess]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47998</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Self - praise is no recommendation ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47999]]></link><description><![CDATA[Self - praise is no recommendation]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47999</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Censure is often useful, praise is often deceitful ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48000]]></link><description><![CDATA[Censure is often useful, praise is often deceitful]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48000</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Praise undeserved s satire in disguise. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48001]]></link><description><![CDATA[Praise undeserved s satire in disguise.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48001</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We are all exited by the love of praise, and the noblest are most influenced by glory. [Lat., Trahimur omnes ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48002]]></link><description><![CDATA[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.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48002</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I am pleased to be praised by a man so praised as you, father. [Words used by Hector.] [Lat., Laetus ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48003]]></link><description><![CDATA[I am pleased to be praised by a man so praised as you, father. [Words used by Hector.] [Lat., Laetus sum  Laudari me abs te, pater, laudato viro.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48003</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Earth, with her thousand voices, praises God. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48004]]></link><description><![CDATA[Earth, with her thousand voices, praises God.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48004</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Praise enough To fill the ambition of a private man,  That Chatham's language was his mother-tongue. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48005]]></link><description><![CDATA[Praise enough To fill the ambition of a private man,  That Chatham's language was his mother-tongue.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48005</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When needs he must, yet faintly then he praises; Somewhat the deed, much more the means he raises:  So ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48006]]></link><description><![CDATA[When needs he must, yet faintly then he praises; Somewhat the deed, much more the means he raises:  So marreth what he makes, and praising most, dispraises.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48006</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Long open panegyric drags at best, And praise is only praise when well address'd. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48007]]></link><description><![CDATA[Long open panegyric drags at best, And praise is only praise when well address'd.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48007</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The more you praise and celebrate your life, the more there is in life to celebrate. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47994]]></link><description><![CDATA[The more you praise and celebrate your life, the more there is in life to celebrate.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47994</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is not one wise man in twenty that will praise himself. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47995]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is not one wise man in twenty that will praise himself.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47995</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You do ill to praise, but worse to censure, what you do not understand ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47996]]></link><description><![CDATA[You do ill to praise, but worse to censure, what you do not understand]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47996</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Praise the bridge that carried you over. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18153]]></link><description><![CDATA[Praise the bridge that carried you over.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18153</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Think not those faithful who praise all thy words and actions; but those who kindly reprove thy faults. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15009]]></link><description><![CDATA[Think not those faithful who praise all thy words and actions; but those who kindly reprove thy faults.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15009</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He was a great patriot, a humanitarian, a loyal friend - provided, of course, that he really is dead. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11156]]></link><description><![CDATA[He was a great patriot, a humanitarian, a loyal friend - provided, of course, that he really is dead.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11156</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I praise loudly, I blame softly ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4300]]></link><description><![CDATA[I praise loudly, I blame softly]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4300</guid></item></channel></rss>