Applause is the spur of noble minds, the end and aim of weak ones.
-- Colton
-- Colton
Related:
- Idleness is only the refuge of weak
minds. --... - Sure, drinking kills brain cells,
but only the weak ones... - Nature often enshrines gallant and noble hearts in weak bosoms-
oftenest, God bless her!- in female breasts. --... - Minds that are great and free,
should not on fortune pause:
'Tis crown enough to virtue still, her own applause... - Slander meets no regard from noble minds;
only the base believe what the base only utter. -... - The beach has come to an abrupt end as it runs into a spur from
the mountains overhead which extends outward into the surf.
The only obvious direction to proceed is to the east... - A weak mind is like a microscope, which magnifies trifling things,
but cannot receive great ones. --... - No Applause,
Please...
From the same category:
- Saint Augustine! well hast thou said,
That of our vices we can frame
A ladder,
if we will but tread Beneath our feet each deed of... - After 40 its patch,
patch,... - Flowers,
is there a 'John Luck Pikkerd' here? --... - Long Live the Copernican
Revolution!!!... - Faith may be defined briefly as an illogical belief in the
occurrence of the improbable.
H. L. Mencken, "Prejudices", Series...
