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He was a great patriot, a humanitarian, a loyal friend - provided, of course, that he really is dead.
He was a great patriot, a humanitarian, a loyal friend - provided, of course, that he really is dead.
Good people all, with one accord,
Lament for Madame Blaize,
Who never wanted a good word--
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Good people all, with one accord,
Lament for Madame Blaize,
Who never wanted a good word--
From those who spoke her praise.
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.
Censure is often useful, praise is often deceitful
Censure is often useful, praise is often deceitful
Approbation from Sir Hubert Stanley is praise indeed.
Approbation from Sir Hubert Stanley is praise indeed.
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.]
Earth, with her thousand voices, praises God.
Earth, with her thousand voices, praises God.
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.
Praise undeserved s satire in disguise.
Praise undeserved s satire in disguise.
