Of whom to be disprais'd were no small praise. (Quote by - John Milton)

It is simpler and easier to flatter people than to praise them. (Quote by - Jean Paul Richter)

Many a man is praised for his reserve and so-called shyness when he is simply too proud to risk making a fool of himself. (Quote by - J B Priestley)

When needs he must, yet faintly then he praises; Somewhat the deed, much more the means he raises: So marreth what he makes, and praising most, dispraises. (Quote by - Phineas Fletcher)

He who praises me on all occasions is a fool who despises me or a knave who wishes to cheat me. (Quote by - Chinese Proverbs)

Join voices, all ye living souls: ye birds, That singing up to heaven-gate ascend, Bear on your wings and in your notes his praise. (Quote by - John Milton)

Admonish your friends privately, but praise them openly (Quote by - Publilius Syrus)

Great investment opportunities come around when excellent companies are surrounded by unusual circumstances that cause the stock to be misappraised. (Quote by - Warren Buffett)

Get someone else to blow your horn and the sound will carry twice as far. (Quote by - Will Rogers)

Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears; I come to bury Caesar, not to praise him. (Quote by - William Shakespeare)

In doing what we ought we deserve no praise. (Quote by - Latin Proverb)

In praising Antony I have dispraised Caesar. (Quote by - Cleopatra)

Praise or blame has but a momentary effect on the man whose love of beauty in the abstract makes him a severe critic on his own works. (Quote by - John Keats)

All people that on earth do dwell, Sing to the Lord with cheerful voice; Him serve with fear, his praise forth tell, Come ye before him, and rejoice (Quote by - William Kethe)

All that a husband or wife really wants is to be pitied a little, praised a little, and appreciated a little (Quote by - Oliver Goldsmith)

Praise out of season, or tactlessly bestowed, can freeze the heart as much as blame. (Quote by - Pearl S. Buck)

A refusal of praise is a desire to be praised twice. (Quote by - Francois Duc de la Rochefoucauld)

And everybody praised the Duke, Who this great fight did win.' 'But what good came of it at last?' Quoth little Peterkin. 'Why that I cannot tell', said he, 'But 'twas a famous victory.' (Quote by - Robert Southey)

It is music to my ears. I have always said that if I were a rich man, I would employ a professional praiser. (Quote by - Osbert Sitwell)

The trouble with most of us is that we would rather be ruined by praise than saved by criticism. (Quote by - Norman Vincent Peale)

Long open panegyric drags at best, And praise is only praise when well address'd. (Quote by - Phineas Fletcher)

To please great men is not the last degree of praise. (Quote by - Quintus Horatius Flaccus)

Earth, with her thousand voices, praises God. (Quote by - Samuel Taylor Coleridge)

Fools may our scorn, not envy, raise. For envy is a kind of praise. (Quote by - John Gay)

None knew thee but to love thee, nor named thee but to praise (Quote by - Fitz-Greene Halleck)