Praises Quotes

167 Praises quotes by 153 unique authors

Carve not upon a stone when I am dead, The praises which remorseful mourners give; To women's graves - a tardy recompense, But speak them… — Elizabeth Chase Allen
An artist chooses his subjects: that is the way he praises. — Friedrich Nietzsche
Whatever praises itself but in the deed, devours the deed in the praise. — William Shakespeare
Nothing is more common than to find men, whose works are now totally neglected, mentioned with praises by their contemporaries as the oracles of their… — Samuel Johnson
People fed on sugared praises cannot be expected to feel an appetite for the black broth of honest criticism. — Agnes Repplier
With faint praises one another damn. — William Wycherley
It is a pleasure to a real lover of Nature to give winter all the glory he can, for summer will make its own way,… — Dorothy Wordsworth
Courage, the highest gift, that scorns to bend To mean devices for a sordid end. Courage--an independent spark from Heaven's bright throne, By which the… — George Farquhar
The widow cries out at the door, The light of my mind has gone out, O my mother, with his death. So cry out, O… — Guru Nanak
Be who you are nothing more nothing less, and let the beauty that you love be the very best. Sing praises to the highest with… — Michael Franti
Do not praise your own faith exclusively so that you disbelieve all the rest. If you do this you will miss much good. Nay, you… — Ibn Arabi
The method of the critic is to balance praises with censure, and thus to do justice to the subject and--his own discrimination. — Christian Nestell Bovee
Pansies, lilies, kingcups, daisies, Let them live upon their praises. — William Wordsworth
Every year the literary press praises dozens if not hundreds of novels to the skies, asserting explicitly or implicitly that these books will probably not… — Lev Grossman
Of present fame think little, and of future less; the praises that we receive after we are buried, like the flowers that are strewed over… — Charles Caleb Colton
It is not possible to eat me without insisting that I sing praises of my devourer? — Fyodor Dostoevsky
What a person praises is perhaps a surer standard, even than what he condemns, of his own character, information and abilities. — Augustus Hare
He who praises everybody, praises nobody. — Samuel Johnson
But this Veterans Day, I believe we should do more than sing the praises of the bravery and patriotism that our veterans have embodied in… — Nick Lampson
There can be no doubt that the average man blames much more than he praises. His instinct is to blame. If he is satisfied he… — Golda Meir

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