He only profits from praise who values criticism.

Quote by Heinrich Heine

Topics: Praise Quotes

Oh, what lies there are in kisses.

Oh, what lies there are in kisses.

Whenever books are burned, men also in the end are burned.

Whenever books are burned, men also in the end are burned.

Sleep is lovely, death is better still, not to have been born is of course...

Sleep is lovely, death is better still, not to have been born is of course...

In these times we fight for ideas and newspapers are our fortress.

In these times we fight for ideas and newspapers are our fortress.

The Bible is the great family chronicle of the Jews.

The Bible is the great family chronicle of the Jews.

Woman is at once apple and serpent

Woman is at once apple and serpent

Like a great poet, Nature knows how to produce the greatest effects with the most...

Like a great poet, Nature knows how to produce the greatest effects with the most...

One should forgive one's enemies, but not before they are hanged

One should forgive one's enemies, but not before they are hanged

Experience is a good school, but the fees are high.

Experience is a good school, but the fees are high.

Matrimony; the high sea for which no compass has yet been invented.

Matrimony; the high sea for which no compass has yet been invented.

In politics, as in life, we must above all things wish only for the attainable.

In politics, as in life, we must above all things wish only for the attainable.

I do not know if she was virtuous, but she was ugly, and with a...

I do not know if she was virtuous, but she was ugly, and with a...

Talking and eloquence are not the same: to speak and to speak well are two...

Talking and eloquence are not the same: to speak and to speak well are two...

The men of action are, after all, only the unconscious instruments of the men of...

The men of action are, after all, only the unconscious instruments of the men of...

Human misery is too great for men to do without faith.

Human misery is too great for men to do without faith.

Communism possesses a language which every people can understand - its elements are hunger, envy,...

Communism possesses a language which every people can understand - its elements are hunger, envy,...

Atheism is the last word of theism.

Atheism is the last word of theism.

Oh, they loved dearly: their souls kissed, they kissed with their eyes, they were both...

Oh, they loved dearly: their souls kissed, they kissed with their eyes, they were both...

Love is so much better when you're not married.

Love is so much better when you're not married.

I came to love, I came into my own.

I came to love, I came into my own.