“A little praise is good for a shy temper; it teaches it to rely on the kindness of others.”
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Famous Walter Savage Landor Quotes
“An ingenious mind feels in unmerited praise the bitterest reproof.”
Source: The Works of Walter Savage Landor
“He who first praises a book becomingly is next in merit to the author.”
Source: Imaginary Conversations of Literary Men and Statesmen
“The deafest man can hear praise, and is slow to think any an excess.”
Source: Imaginary Conversations: Dialogues of literary men. Dialogues of famous women. Miscellaneous dialogues
“We cannot at once catch the applauses of the vulgar and expect the approbation of the wise.”
Source: Imaginary Conversations: Classical dialogues (Roman) Dialogues of sovereigns and statesmen