"We are not fond of praising, and..." - Quote by Francois De La Rochefoucauld

“Everyone complains of his memory, and nobody complains of his judgment.”

“True bravery is shown by performing without witness what one might be capable of doing before all the world.”

“Second-rate minds usually condemn everything beyond their grasp.”

“Sweet is the scene where genial friendship plays the pleasing game of interchanging praise.”

“Whatever praises itself but in the deed, devours the deed in the praise.”

“Her form, though not so correct as her sister's, in having the advantage of height, was more striking; and her face was so lovely, that when in the common cant of praise she was called a beautiful girl, truth was less violently outraged than usually happens.”

“To praise princes for virtues they do not possess is to insult them without fear of consequences.”

“A flatterer never seems absurd: The flatter'd always takes his word.”

“What really flatters a man is that you think him worth flattering.”