Honest man Quote by French Proverb Download Open image “An honest man is hurt by praise unjustly bestowed” — French Proverb ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.1 out of 5 (6 ratings) Copy quoteShare Honest man Praise Truth
Praising an honest person who doesn't deserve it, always wounds them. — Nicolas Boileau-Despreaux Copy Share Image
A man who is truly humble is not troubled when he is wronged and he says nothing to justify himself against the injustice, but… — Isaac of Nineveh Copy Share Image
It is the greatest possible praise to be praised by a man who is himself deserving of praise — Latin Proverb Copy Share Image
How little praise warms out of a man the good that is in him, as the sneer of contempt which he feels is unjust… — Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton Copy Share Image
Not to be cheered by praise, not to be grieved by blame, but to know thoroughly one's own virtues or powers are the characteristics… — Satchel Paige Copy Share Image
Men sometimes feel injured by praise because it assigns a limit to their merit; few people are modest enough not to take offence that… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Not to be cheered by praise, not to be grieved by blame, but to know thoroughly ones own virtues or powers are the characteristics… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The most enviable praise of all is just to be called an honest man. — George Washington Copy Share Image
The gentleman does not needlessly and unnecessarily remind an offender of a wrong he may have committed against him. He cannot only forgive, he… — Robert E. Lee Copy Share Image
Consider carefully before you say a hard word to a man, but never let a chance to say a good one go by. Praise… — George Horace Lorimer Copy Share Image
Young people tell what they are doing, old people what they have done and fools what they wish to do — French Proverb Copy Share Image
“Everything changes, everything passes, every thing finds its place.” — French proverb Copy Share Image
In water one sees one's own face; But in wine one beholds the heart of another — French Proverb Copy Share Image
When we cannot get what we love, we must love what is within our reach. — French Proverb Copy Share Image
Tobacco is the passion of honest men and he who lives without tobacco is not worthy of living. — Moliere Copy Share Image
“Daughter! Get you an honest Man for a Husband, and keep him honest. No matter whether he is rich, provided he be independent. Regard the Honour and moral Character of the Man more than all other Circumstances. Think of no other Greatness but that of the soul, no other Riches but those of the Heart. An honest, Sensible humane Man,… — John Adams Copy Share
It is often sadly remarked that the bad economists present their errors to the public better than the good economists present their truths. It… — Henry Hazlitt Copy Share Image
Humanity is not perfect in any fashion; no more in the case of evil than in that of good. The criminal has his virtues,… — Pierre Choderlos de Laclos Copy Share Image
There are courageous and honest men enough in both sections to fight. There is no question of courage involved. The people of both sections of this Union have illustrated their courage on too many battlefields to be questioned. They have shown their fighting qualities shoulder to shoulder whenever their country has called upon them; but that they may never come… — Robert Toombs Copy Share
An honest man is all right even if he's an idiot...but a crook must have brains. — Maxim Gorky Copy Share Image
“As far as I could tell, he earned his hundred thousand a year by wandering the hallway with a Styrofoam cup of coffee, smiling… — Tom Perrotta Copy Share Image
“What honest man was never in his life without sustenance? And what human being has ever seen as the years pass his hopes, plans,… — Robert Walser Copy Share Image
In modern business it is not the crook who is to be feared most, it is the honest man who doesn't know what he… — William Wordsworth Copy Share Image
