Seneca the Younger Quotes About Praise

• He who boasts of his pedigree praises that which does not belong to him.

  Seneca the Younger

  Doe, Praise, Pedigree

• You can tell the character of every man when you see how he receives praise.

  Seneca the Younger

  Inspirational, Appreciation, Character

  "Moral Letters to Lucilius (Letter LII)". Book by Seneca the Younger, 1917.

• True praise comes often even to the lowly; false praise only to the strong.

  Seneca the Younger

  Strong, Praise, Thrive

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

• Be not too hasty either with praise or blame; speak always as though you were giving evidence before the judgement-seat of the Gods.

  Seneca the Younger

  Giving, Judgement, Blame

• Praise thyself never.

  Seneca the Younger

  Modesty, Praise, Thyself

• I persist on praising not the life I lead, but that which I ought to lead. I follow it at a mighty distance, crawling

  Seneca the Younger

  Life, Distance, Inspire

• It is not poverty that we praise, it is the man whom poverty cannot humble or bend.

  Seneca the Younger

  Humble, Men, Poverty

• He who boasts of his descent, praises the deed of another.

  Seneca the Younger

  Family, Deeds, Ancestry

  "The Madness of Hercules". Book by Seneca the Younger, circa 54 AD.

• It's the admirer and the watcher who provoke us to all the inanities we commit.

  Seneca the Younger

  Praise, Admirer, Provoking

• He deserves praise who does not what he may, but what he ought.

  Seneca the Younger

  May, Doe, Praise

  "Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations" by Jehiel Keeler Hoyt, p. 624-25, Octavia, 454, 1922.

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