Can do Quote by Thomas Sprat

Whence it is somewhat strange that any men from so mean and silly a practice should expect commendation, or that any should afford regard…

— Isaac Barrow

It is the greatest possible praise to be praised by a man who is himself deserving of praise

— Latin Proverb

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

Nothing ought more to humiliate men who have merited great praise than the care they still take to boast of little things.

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

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

Those men who are commended by everybody must be very extraordinary men; or, which is more probable, very inconsiderable men.

— Sir Fulke Greville

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

The mischief of flattery is, not that it persuades any man that he is what he is not, but that it suppresses the influence…

— Samuel Johnson

Since every man is obliged to promote happiness and virtue, he should be careful not to mislead unwary minds, by appearing to set too…

— Samuel Johnson

It is difficult to esteem a man as highly as he would wish.

— Luc de Clapiers

It is easier and handier for men to flattery than to praise.

— Jean Paul

The maxim that men are not to be praised before their death was invented by envy and too lightly adopted by philosophers. I, on…

— Luc de Clapiers