--- title: "1 Praise Wise Quotes By Selma Lagerlöf" description: "1 Praise Wise quotes by Selma Lagerlöf. Plus more from Selma Lagerlöf and more Praise Wise sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d1c/selma-lagerl-f-17524_capability_there-isn-t-much-that-tastes-better-than_2818040.png" --- > [There isn't much that tastes better than praise from those who are wise and capable.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/selma-lagerl-f/there-isn-t-much-that-tastes-better-than-praise-from-those-who-are/) [Selma Lagerlöf](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/selma-lagerl-f/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d1c/selma-lagerl-f-17524_capability_there-isn-t-much-that-tastes-better-than_2818040.png) ## More by Selma Lagerlöf > [What is so certain of victory as patience?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/selma-lagerl-f/what-is-so-certain-of-victory-as-patience/) [Selma Lagerlöf](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/selma-lagerl-f/) > [It is not a good omen to meet a lot of cats when one sets out on a journey, so the Lieutenant spat three…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/selma-lagerl-f/it-is-not-a-good-omen-to-meet-a-lot-of-cats-when-one-sets-out-on-a/) [Selma Lagerlöf](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/selma-lagerl-f/) > [“He needed so much to weep. All the distrust of life which misfortunes had brought to the little Värmland boy needed tears to wash…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/selma-lagerl-f/he-needed-so-much-to-weep-all-the-distrust-of-life-which-misfortunes/) [Selma Lagerlöf](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/selma-lagerl-f/) > [Here, no mercy is shown. One hates one's fellow man to the glory of God.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/selma-lagerl-f/here-no-mercy-is-shown-one-hates-one-s-fellow-man-to-the-glory-of-god/) [Selma Lagerlöf](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/selma-lagerl-f/) > [“Assim manda a justiça - a inteligência e a sabedoria foram e são ainda hoje as qualidades que transformam o mendigo em príncipe.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/selma-lagerl-f/assim-manda-a-justi-a-a-intelig-ncia-e-a-sabedoria-foram-e-s-o-ainda/) [Selma Lagerlöf](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/selma-lagerl-f/) > [No one is able to enjoy such feast than the one who throws a party in his own mind.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/selma-lagerl-f/no-one-is-able-to-enjoy-such-feast-than-the-one-who-throws-a-party-in/) [Selma Lagerlöf](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/selma-lagerl-f/) > [More die in flight than in battle.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/selma-lagerl-f/more-die-in-flight-than-in-battle/) [Selma Lagerlöf](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/selma-lagerl-f/) > [Young horses who cannot bear the whip or spur find life hard. At every smart they start forward and rush to their destruction, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/selma-lagerl-f/young-horses-who-cannot-bear-the-whip-or-spur-find-life-hard-at-every/) [Selma Lagerlöf](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/selma-lagerl-f/) > [“What Gosta,' he said to himself, 'can you no longer endure? You have been hardened in poverty all of your life; you have heard…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/selma-lagerl-f/what-gosta-he-said-to-himself-can-you-no-longer-endure-you-have-been/) [Selma Lagerlöf](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/selma-lagerl-f/) > [For what is man's soul but a flame? It flickers in and around the body of a man as does the flame around the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/selma-lagerl-f/for-what-is-man-s-soul-but-a-flame-it-flickers-in-and-around-the-body/) [Selma Lagerlöf](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/selma-lagerl-f/) > [The ways of Providence cannot be reasoned out by the finite mind ... I cannot fathom them, yet seeking to know them is the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/selma-lagerl-f/the-ways-of-providence-cannot-be-reasoned-out-by-the-finite-mind-i/) [Selma Lagerlöf](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/selma-lagerl-f/) > [Women can do nothing that has permanence.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/selma-lagerl-f/women-can-do-nothing-that-has-permanence/) [Selma Lagerlöf](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/selma-lagerl-f/) > [Strange, when you ask anyone's advice you see yourself what is right.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/selma-lagerl-f/strange-when-you-ask-anyone-s-advice-you-see-yourself-what-is-right/) [Selma Lagerlöf](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/selma-lagerl-f/) > [If dead things love, if earth and water distinguish friends from enemies, I should like to possess their love. I should like the green…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/selma-lagerl-f/if-dead-things-love-if-earth-and-water-distinguish-friends-from/) [Selma Lagerlöf](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/selma-lagerl-f/) > [“É mais fácil voar alto do que baixo (...) é mais fácil voar depressa do que devagar.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/selma-lagerl-f/mais-f-cil-voar-alto-do-que-baixo-mais-f-cil-voar-depressa-do-que/) [Selma Lagerlöf](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/selma-lagerl-f/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/praise-wise/selma-lagerl-f/#itemlist", "name": "1 Praise Wise Quotes By Selma Lagerlöf", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "There isn't much that tastes better than praise from those who are wise and capable.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Selma Lagerlöf" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/selma-lagerl-f/there-isn-t-much-that-tastes-better-than-praise-from-those-who-are/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d1c/selma-lagerl-f-17524_capability_there-isn-t-much-that-tastes-better-than_2818040.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d1c/selma-lagerl-f-17524_capability_there-isn-t-much-that-tastes-better-than_2818040.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d1c/selma-lagerl-f-17524_capability_there-isn-t-much-that-tastes-better-than_2818040.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“There isn't much that tastes better than praise from those who are wise and capable.” — Selma Lagerlöf", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } } ] }, { "@type": "CollectionPage", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/praise-wise/selma-lagerl-f/#webpage", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/praise-wise/selma-lagerl-f/", "name": "Praise Wise Quotes by Selma Lagerlöf", "isPartOf": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website" }, "mainEntity": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/praise-wise/selma-lagerl-f/#itemlist" }, "primaryImageOfPage": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d1c/selma-lagerl-f-17524_capability_there-isn-t-much-that-tastes-better-than_2818040.png" }, "description": "1 Praise Wise quotes by Selma Lagerlöf. 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