Famous quotes containing the word praised:
“Believing every word I said,
I praised her body and her mind
Till pride had made her eyes grow bright,
And pleasure made her cheeks grow red,
And vanity her footfall light....”
—William Butler Yeats (1865–1939)
“The worthiness of praise distains his worth
If that the praised himself bring the praise forth.”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)
“In general I do not draw well with literary men—not that I dislike them but I never know what to say to them after I have praised their last publication.”
—George Gordon Noel Byron (1788–1824)