To the Greeks, the supreme function of music was to "praise the gods and educate the youth". In Egypt... Initiatory music was heard only in Temple rites because it carried the vibratory rhythms of other worlds and of a life beyond the mortal.
Someone praising a man for his foolhardy bravery, Cato, the elder, said, ''There is a wide difference between true courage and a mere contempt of life.
Neither blame or praise yourself.
Those are greedy of praise prove that they are poor in merit.
Xenophon says that there is no sound more pleasing than one's own praises.
It is no flattery to give a friend a due character; for commendation is as much the duty of a friend as reprehension.
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