Quotes by Praise Base wealth preferring to eternal praise. Homer eternal wealth praise Praise when merited is not a boon: yet to a generous nature, is it pleasant to utter it. Herman Melville boon pleasant praise He who sings the praises of his boyhood's days. Horace boyhood praise I live and reign since I have abandoned those pleasures which you by your praises extol to the skies. Horace reign praise sky The drunkard is convicted by his praises of wine. Horace drunkards wine praise How slight and insignificant is the thing which casts down or restores a mind greedy for praise. Horace greedy praise mind Reproach is usually honest, which is more than can be said of praise. Honore de Balzac honest praise said Every ear is tickled with the sweet music of applause. Isaac Barrow praise ears sweet Fame is not just. She never finely or discriminatingly praises, but coarsely hurrahs. Henry David Thoreau praise fame We begin to praise when we begin to see a thing needs our assistance. Henry David Thoreau encouraging praise needs The muse does not allow the praise-de-serving here to die: she enthrones him in the heavens. Horace praise doe heaven Regard as your most faithful friends, not those who praise everything you say or do, but those who criticize your mistakes. Isocrates faithful praise mistake No praise, no blame. Just so. Isaac Marion blame praise Better to deserve praise without having it, than to have it without deserving it. Ivan Panin deserving-it deserve praise He that loses his conscience has nothing left that is worth keeping. Therefore be sure you look to that, and in the next place look to your health; and if you have it, praise God and value it next to a good conscience. Izaak Walton next praise looks Yet a real artist, I've noticed, will survive anything. (Even praise, I happily suspect.) J. D. Salinger artist real praise One thing for certain you will not ever hear from me is praise for dictators and strongmen who have no love for America. Hillary Clinton dictator praise america I do not care to listen; obloquy injures my self-esteem and I am skeptical of praise. Jack Vance care self-esteem praise Everybody keeps calling for Excellence - excellence not just in schooling, throughout society. But as soon as somebody or something stands out as Excellent, the other shout goes up: "Elitism!" And whatever produced that thing, whoever praises that result, is promptly put down. "Standing out" is undemocratic. Jacques Barzun excellence calling praise Praise from the praise-worthy is beyond all rewards. J. R. R. Tolkien rewards worthy praise «7891011121314151617»