The advantage of doing one's praising to oneself is that one can lay it on so thick and exactly in the right places

Quote by Samuel Butler

Topics: Praise Quotes

Brigands demand your money or your life; women require both

Brigands demand your money or your life; women require both

Those who have never had a father can at any rate never know the sweets...

Those who have never had a father can at any rate never know the sweets...

There is nothing so unthinkable as thought, unless it be the entire absence of thought.

There is nothing so unthinkable as thought, unless it be the entire absence of thought.

Most people have never learned that one of the main aims in life is to...

Most people have never learned that one of the main aims in life is to...

Mistakes are often the stepping stones to utter failure

Mistakes are often the stepping stones to utter failure

If the headache would only precede the intoxication, alcoholism would be a virtue.

If the headache would only precede the intoxication, alcoholism would be a virtue.

Life is a quarry, out of which we are to mold and chisel and complete...

Life is a quarry, out of which we are to mold and chisel and complete...

People are always good company when they are doing what they really enjoy.

People are always good company when they are doing what they really enjoy.

Every man's work, whether it be literature, or music or pictures or architecture or anything...

Every man's work, whether it be literature, or music or pictures or architecture or anything...

The three most important things a man has are, briefly, his private parts, his money,...

The three most important things a man has are, briefly, his private parts, his money,...

Think of and look at your work as though it were done by your enemy....

Think of and look at your work as though it were done by your enemy....

There is no such source of error as the pursuit of truth.

There is no such source of error as the pursuit of truth.

Money is the last enemy that shall never be subdued. While there is flesh there...

Money is the last enemy that shall never be subdued. While there is flesh there...

In the midst of vice we are in virtue, and vice versa.

In the midst of vice we are in virtue, and vice versa.

The great pleasure of a dog is that you may make a fool of yourself...

The great pleasure of a dog is that you may make a fool of yourself...

Priests are not men of the world; it is not intended that they should be;...

Priests are not men of the world; it is not intended that they should be;...

One who is proud of ancestry is like a turnip; there is nothing good of...

One who is proud of ancestry is like a turnip; there is nothing good of...

You can do very little with faith, but you can do nothing without it.

You can do very little with faith, but you can do nothing without it.

The parents have a right to say that no teacher paid by their money shall...

The parents have a right to say that no teacher paid by their money shall...

Faith in something greater than ourselves enables us to do what we have said we'll...

Faith in something greater than ourselves enables us to do what we have said we'll...

You know what the Englishman's idea of compromise is? He says, Some people say there...

You know what the Englishman's idea of compromise is? He says, Some people say there...