Beauty Quote by Francois de La Rochefoucauld

Praise never gives us much pleasure unless it concur with our own opinion, and extol us for those qualities in which we chiefly excel.

— David Hume

If you desire praise or esteem, endeavor to merit it.

— Norm MacDonald

Praise is the mode of love which always has some element of joy in it.

— Anonymous

We are apt to love praise, but not deserve it. But if we would deserve it, we must love virtue more than that.

— William Penn

We wish to attract praise to ourselves even as we seem to be praising others

— François De La Rochefoucauld

It is oftener by the estimation of our own feelings that we exaggerate the good qualities of others than by their merit, and when…

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

“Praise is the mode of love which always has some element of joy in it. Praise in due order; of Him as the giver,…

— C.S. Lewis

Praise is the reflection of virtue.

— Francis Bacon

Praise is like sunlight to the warm human spirit; we cannot flower and grow without it. And yet, while most of us are only…

— Dale Carnegie

We are not fond of praising, and never praise any one except from interested motives. Praise is a clever, concealed, and delicate flattery, which…

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

praise is a great tonic, and helps most people to do their best.

— Mary Augusta Ward

Praise is flattery, artful, hidden, delicate, which gratifies differently him who praises and him who is praised. The one takes it as the reward…

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld