Blame Quote by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

We should try to succeed by merit, not by favor. He who does well will always have patrons enough.

— Plautus

Remember praise is more valuable than blame.

— George S. Patton

The arrogance that accompanies merit offends us even more than the arrogance of people who are lacking in merit: since merit itself offends us.

— Friedrich Nietzsche

The man who is ungrateful is often less to blame than his benefactor.

— François De La Rochefoucauld

He is praised by some, blamed by others.

— Horace

Who has enough credit in this world to pay for his mistakes?

— Edward Dahlberg

Merit is much more cheaply acknowledged than rewarded

— Samuel Johnson

I think his greatest fault is his failure to accord credit to anyone for what he may have done. This is a great weakness…

— William Howard Taft

Man only blames himself in order that he may be praised.

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

That man, we may be sure, is a person of true worth, whom those who envy him most are yet forced to praise.

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

There can be no doubt that the average man blames much more than he praises. His instinct is to blame. If he is satisfied…

— Golda Meir

Those are greedy of praise prove that they are poor in merit.

— Plutarch