A Quote by Alexander Pope

The villain's censure is extorted praise.

Alexander Pope

Quote Topics

Censure Praise Villain

Quote Author

Alexander Pope
English - Poet
May 21, 1688 - May 30, 1744

The praise of the envious is far less creditable than their censure; they praise only that which they can surpass, but that which surpasses them they censure.

Charles Caleb Colton

Most of our censure of others is only oblique praise of self, uttered to show the wisdom and superiority of the speaker. It has all the invidiousness of self-praise, and all the ill-desert of falsehood.

Tryon Edwards

You do ill if you praise, but worse if you censure, what you do not understand.

Leonardo da Vinci

All censure of a man's self is oblique praise.

James Boswell

The silence of a man who loves to praise is a censure sufficiently severe.

Charlotte Lennox

Never be afraid of the world's censure; it's praise is much more to be dreaded.

Charles Spurgeon

It is salutary to train oneself to be no more affected by censure than by praise.

W. Somerset Maugham

Praise from a friend, or censure from a foe, Are lost on hearers that our merits know.

Alexander Pope

Criticism can never instruct or benefit you. Its chief effect is that of a telegram with dubious news. Praise leaves no glow behind, for it is a writer's habit to remember nothing good of himself. I have usually forgotten those who have admired my work, and seldom anyone who disliked it. Obviously, this is because praise is never enough and censure always too much.

Ben Hecht

All censure of a man's self is oblique praise. It is in order to show how much he can spare.

Samuel Johnson

It has been shrewdly said, that when, men abuse us we should suspect ourselves, and when they praise us, them. It is a rare instance of virtue to despise which censure which we do not deserve; and still more rare to despise praise which we do.

Charles Caleb Colton

I find the pain of a little censure, even when it is unfounded, is more acute than the pleasure of much praise.

Thomas Jefferson

Few are sufficiently wise to prefer censure which is useful to praise which is treacherous.

Francois de La Rochefoucauld

To be completely honest, it's shocking to me that I keep getting the villain roles! I do not see myself as the villain and I know, growing up, I was the opposite of a villain. I would never try to be a villain to anyone - but maybe other people I grew up with feel differently about that.