Books Quote by Abraham Cowley

When a modest man praises himself, people listen.

— Mason Cooley

I believe that one always does himself and his audience an injustice when he speaks merely for the sake of speaking. I do not…

— Booker T. Washington

Speech is a mirror of the soul: as a man speaks, so is he.

— Anonymous

It is the greatest possible praise to be praised by a man who is himself deserving of praise

— Latin Proverb

It is not in vain that man speaks to man. This is the value of literature.

— Henry David Thoreau

“When facing society, the man most concerned, the man who is to do the most and contribute the most, has the least to say.…

— Ayn Rand

What a person praises is perhaps a surer standard, even than what he condemns, of his own character, information and abilities.

— Augustus Hare

Speech is the mirror of the soul; as a man speaks, so is he.

— Publilius Syrus

“When people do not respect us we are sharply offended; yet deep down in his private heart no man much respects himself.”

— Mark Twain

The meanest, most contemptible kind of praise is that which first speaks well of a man, and then qualifies it with a But.

— Henry Ward Beecher

What man condemns in others, he attracts to himself.

— Florence Scovel Shinn

“-though sometimes it seems to mention a man who simply acts like a decent human being gets undue praise”

— Gabrielle Burton