"Nice things are done for our own sake,……" — Sydney J. Harris

"Nice things are done for our own sake, not for the sake of others. The pleasure must reside in the performance, not in the applause. Good deeds are, in a deeper psychological way, a favor to oneself. If this is not grasped, then our whole sense of personal relationships becomes warped."

— Sydney J. Harris

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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
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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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