Praises

Famous quotes containing the word praises:

“He who praises everybody, praises nobody.”
—Samuel Johnson (1709–1784)

“One good deed dying tongueless
Slaughters a thousand waiting upon that;
Our praises are our wages.”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)

“We know of no scripture which records the pure benignity of the gods on a New England winter night. Their praises have never been sung, only their wrath deprecated. The best scripture, after all, records but a meagre faith. Its saints live reserved and austere. Let a brave, devout man spend the year in the woods of Maine or Labrador, and see if the Hebrew Scriptures speak adequately to his condition and experience.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)