Jean rostand: We try our best to praise others for some qualities that we obviously don't have, provided that others give the same praise to all the virtues that we firmly believe in.

William james: True culture is based on sympathy and praise, not disgust and contempt.

Tagore: Praise makes me feel ashamed, because I secretly beg for it.

Seth Johnson: The highest praise for personal virtue is from servants.

Coleridge: Desiring to be praised and admired is a loveless passion, which is strongest in front of those who least understand and care about us.

Diderot: Virtue is praised by everyone, because both good people and bad people can get useful things from it.