"A universal applause is seldom less than two……" — Roger L'Estrange

"A universal applause is seldom less than two thirds of a scandal"

— Roger L'Estrange

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15 Quotes by Roger L'Estrange

Roger L'Estrange has 15 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

He that serves God for money will serve the Devil for better wages.
By one delay after another they spin out their whole lives, till there's no more future left for them.
Unruly ambition is deaf, not only to the advice of friends, but to the counsels and monitions of reason itself.
Figure-flingers and star-gazers pretend to foretell the fortunes of kingdoms, and have no foresight in what concerns themselves.
The blessings of fortune are the lowest; the next are the bodily advantages of strength and health; but the superlative…
Resolve to see the world on the sunny side and you have almost won the battle at the outset.
It is not the place, nor the condition, but the mind alone that can make anyone happy or miserable.
Much tongue and much judgment seldom go together.
Live and let live is the rule of common justice.
It is not the place, nor the condition, but the mind alone what it compares its situation to that can…
Wickedness may prosper for awhile, but in the long run, he that sets all the knaves at work will pay…
The devil helps his servants for a season; but when they get into a pinch; he leaves them in the…

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More Applause Quotes

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There are high spots in all of our lives and most of them have come about through encouragement from someone… — George Matthew Adams
To the proud, the applause of the world rings in their ears; to the humble, the applause of heaven warms… — Ezra Taft Benson
Applause is the spur of noble minds, the end and aim of weak ones. — Edmund Burke
The person who seeks all their applause from outside has their happiness in another's keeping . — Dale Carnegie
Applause is a receipt, not a bill. — Dale Carnegie
Cooking for people is an enormously significant expression of generosity and soulfulness, and entertaining is a way to be both… — Ted Allen
To test a modest man's modesty do not investigate if he ignores applause, find out if he abides criticism. — Franz Grillparzer
As long as mankind shall continue to bestow more liberal applause on their destroyers than on their benefactors, the thirst… — Edward Gibbon
The applause of a single human being is of great consequence. — Samuel Johnson
To receive applause for works which do not demand all our powers hinders our advance towards a perfecting of our… — Georg C. Lichtenberg
Just about the only interruption we don't object to is applause. — Sydney J. Harris
My advice to you concerning applause is this: enjoy it but never quite believe it — Robert Montgomery

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