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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.
He who praises everybody, praises nobody.
He who praises everybody, praises nobody.
Censure is often useful, praise is often deceitful
Censure is often useful, praise is often deceitful
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.
A refusal of praise is a desire to be praised twice.
A refusal of praise is a desire to be praised twice.
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
Praise the bridge that carried you over.
Praise the bridge that carried you over.
Join voices, all ye living souls: ye birds,
That singing up to heaven-gate ascend,
Bear on your read more
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.
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.]
