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

He deserves praise who does not what he may, but what he ought.
[Lat., Id facere laus est quod read more

He deserves praise who does not what he may, but what he ought.
[Lat., Id facere laus est quod decet, non quod licet.]

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 the bridge that carried you over.

Praise the bridge that carried you over.

He who praises everybody, praises nobody.

He who praises everybody, praises nobody.

A refusal of praise is a desire to be praised twice.

A refusal of praise is a desire to be praised twice.

Praise me not too much,
Nor blame me, for thou speakest to the Greeks
Who know me.

Praise me not too much,
Nor blame me, for thou speakest to the Greeks
Who know me.

The sweeter sound of woman's praise.

The sweeter sound of woman's praise.

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.