Marcus Aurelius Quotes About Praise

Quotes about: Praise

• When you have done a good deed that another has had the benefit of, why do you need a third reward-as fools do-praise for having done well or looking for a favor in return.

  Marcus Aurelius

  Needs, Done, Benefits

• Anything in any way beautiful derives its beauty from itself and asks nothing beyond itself. Praise is no part of it, for nothing is made worse or better by praise.

  Marcus Aurelius

  Beauty, Beautiful, Way

• Anything that is beautiful is beautiful just as it is. Praise forms no part of its beauty, since praise makes things neither better nor worse. This applies even more to what it commonly called beautiful: natural objects, for example, or works of art. True beauty has no need of anything beyond itself.

  Marcus Aurelius

  Beauty, Beautiful, Art

• Or is it your reputation that's bothering you? But look at how soon we're all forgotten. The abyss of endless time that swallows it all. The emptiness of those applauding hands. The people who praise us; how capricious they are, how arbitrary. And the tiny region it takes place. The whole earth a point in space - and most of it uninhabited.

  Marcus Aurelius

  Bothering You, Endless Time, Hands

  Marcus Aurelius (2002). “Meditations: A New Translation”, p.38, Modern Library

• Remember that there is a God who desires neither praise nor glory from men created in his image, but rather that they, guided by the understanding given them, should in their actions become like unto him.

  Marcus Aurelius

  Men, Understanding, Desire

• Consider how many do not even know your name, and how many will soon forget it, and how those who now praise you will presently blame you.

  Marcus Aurelius

  Names, Blame, Forget

• In the case of all things which have a certain constitution, whatever harm may happen to any of them, that which is affected becomes consequently worse; but in like case, a man becomes both
  better... and more worthy of praise, by making the right use of these accidents.

  Marcus Aurelius

  Men, Use, May

  Marcus Aurelius Antonius (2016). “The Meditations of Marcus Aurelius”, p.90, Jester House Publishing via PublishDrive

• Praise adds nothing to beauty--makes it neither better nor worse.

  Marcus Aurelius

  Add, Praise

  Marcus Aurelius, C. Scot Hicks, David Hicks (2002). “The Emperor's Handbook: A New Translation of The Meditations”, p.45, Simon and Schuster

• Doth perfect beauty stand in need of praise at all? Nay; no more than law, no more than truth, no more than loving kindness, nor than modesty.

  Marcus Aurelius

  Beauty, Kindness, Law

  "Meditations". Book by Marcus Aurelius. Book IV, 20,

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