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Self - praise is no recommendation
Self - praise is no recommendation
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.
Long open panegyric drags at best,
And praise is only praise when well address'd.
Long open panegyric drags at best,
And praise is only praise when well address'd.
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.
Anything in any way beautiful derives its beauty from itself and asks nothing beyond itself. Praise is no part of read more
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.
Earth, with her thousand voices, praises God.
Earth, with her thousand voices, praises God.
A eulogist of past times.
[Lat., Laudator temporis acti.]
A eulogist of past times.
[Lat., Laudator temporis acti.]
When needs he must, yet faintly then he praises;
Somewhat the deed, much more the means he raises:
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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.
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.
