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Praise the bridge that carried you over.
Praise the bridge that carried you over.
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 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.]
He who praises everybody, praises nobody.
He who praises everybody, praises nobody.
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.
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
The more you praise and celebrate your life, the more there is in life to celebrate.
The more you praise and celebrate your life, the more there is in life to celebrate.
We are always more anxious to be distinguished for a talent which we do not possess, than to be praised read more
We are always more anxious to be distinguished for a talent which we do not possess, than to be praised for the fifteen which we do possess
Approbation from Sir Hubert Stanley is praise indeed.
Approbation from Sir Hubert Stanley is praise indeed.
