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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.
A eulogist of past times.
[Lat., Laudator temporis acti.]
A eulogist of past times.
[Lat., Laudator temporis acti.]
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.
Sweet is the scene where genial friendship plays The pleasing game of interchanging praise.
Sweet is the scene where genial friendship plays The pleasing game of interchanging praise.
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.]
Praise undeserved s satire in disguise.
Praise undeserved s satire in disguise.
Praise undeserved is scandal in disguise.
Praise undeserved is scandal in disguise.
Censure is often useful, praise is often deceitful
Censure is often useful, praise is often deceitful
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
