A Quote by Plutarch

Those are greedy of praise prove that they are poor in merit.

Plutarch

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Plutarch
Greek - Philosopher
46 - 120

Sweet is the breath of praise when given by those whose own high merit claims the praise they give.

Hannah More

The mark of extraordinary merit is to see those most envious of it constrained to praise.

Francois de La Rochefoucauld

Fear not the anger of the wise to raise; Those best can bear reproof who merit praise.

Alexander Pope

They merit more praise who know how to suffer misery than those who temper themselves in contentment.

Pietro Aretino

It is oftener by the estimation of our own feelings that we exaggerate the good qualities of others than by their merit, and when we praise them we wish to attract their praise.

Francois de La Rochefoucauld

The truth about people at every economic level of life is you get those who are kind and who are not, those who are greedy, whether they be rich or poor. That's a common thread through humanity on any street you go to.

Gavin Hood

A heap of epithets is poor praise: the praise lies in the facts, and in the way of telling them.

Jean de la Bruyere

We are not fond of praising, and never praise any one except from interested motives. Praise is a clever, concealed, and delicate flattery, which gratifies in different ways the giver and the receiver. The one takes it as a recompense of his merit, and the other bestows it to display his equity and discernment.

Francois de La Rochefoucauld

Give nobly to indigent merit, and do not refuse your charity even to those who have not merit but their misery.

Lord Chesterfield

If you desire praise or esteem, endeavor to merit it.

Norm MacDonald

You will always find that those are most apt to boast of national merit, who have little or not merit of their own to depend on . . .

Oliver Goldsmith

Being Black and poor is, I think, radically different from being anything else and poor. Poor, to most Blacks, is a state of mind. Those who accept it are poor; those who struggle are middle class.

Nikki Giovanni

There are two types of poor people, those who are poor together and those who are poor alone. The first are the true poor, the others are rich people out of luck.