“I'll privily away; I love the people, But do not like to stage me to their eyes; Though it do well, I do not relish well Their loud applause and aves vehement, Nor do I think the man of safe discretion That does not affect it.” PeopleThinkingMenWellsDoeEyeStageHe ManSafeLoudApplauseDiscretionRelishVehement Book:Plays of William Shakespeare Source: Plays of William Shakespeare
“A vain man can never be utterly ruthless: he wants to win applause and therefore he accommodates himself to others” MenWantWinningVainApplauseRuthlessAccommodate Author:Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
“The brave man seeks not popular applause, Nor, overpower'd with arms, deserts his cause; Unsham'd, though foil'd, he does the best he can, Force is of brutes, but honor is of man.” MenDoeForceCausesArmsHonorBraveryBraveDesertBe BraveApplauseBrutesBrave ManFoils Author:John Dryden