Self - praise is no recommendation

Self - praise is no recommendation

I can live for two months on a good compliment.

I can live for two months on a good compliment.

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.

Think not those faithful who praise all thy words and actions; but those who kindly reprove thy faults.

Think not those faithful who praise all thy words and actions; but those who kindly reprove thy faults.

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.]

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.

He who praises everybody, praises nobody.

He who praises everybody, praises nobody.

Of whom to be disprais'd were no small praise.

Of whom to be disprais'd were no small praise.

Praise the bridge that carried you over.

Praise the bridge that carried you over.