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We are all exited by the love of praise, and the noblest are most
influenced by glory.
[Lat., read more
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.]
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.
Praise undeserved s satire in disguise.
Praise undeserved s satire in disguise.
Self - praise is no recommendation
Self - praise is no recommendation
To please great men is not the last degree of praise.
[Lat., Principibus placuisse viris non ultima laus est.]
To please great men is not the last degree of praise.
[Lat., Principibus placuisse viris non ultima laus est.]
There is not one wise man in twenty that will praise himself.
There is not one wise man in twenty that will praise himself.
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.
That is fine, and I would have praised you more had you praised
me less.
[Fr., Cela est read more
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.]
