Unmerited Adulation Quotes

Praise without merit is more harmful than unearned criticism.

One always tends to overpraise a long book, because one has got through it.

To the Tennis Court and there saw the King play at Tennis, and others; but to see how the King’s play was extolled without any cause at all was a loathsome sight, though sometimes indeed he did play very well and deserved to be commended; but such open flattery is beastly.

Attributing to anything or anyone more good than God has attributed to them is not a positive move, nor does it mean that you have done them any good. A single grain of truth is preferable to a bumper harvest of false imaginings.

People keep saying Aldo deserves this, he deserves that - how the hell do you deserve something when you pulled out of all these events?

I hate it when people tell you you're good when you know that you're not.

There is no belittling worse than to over praise a man.

A lot of praise is given to very mediocre work. Critics have lost their taste, hearing, and eyesight.

I hate when people call me a star, because I don't consider myself to be a star.