“Applause is the beginning of abuse”

“Finally, the scariest thing about abuse of any shape or form, is, in my opinion, not the abuse itself, but that if it continues it can begin to feel commonplace and eventually acceptable.”

“Applause is a receipt, not a bill.”

“Applause is a receipt, not a note of demand.”

“Ladies and gentlemen, I resent this applause.”

“So this is how liberty dies. With thunderous applause.”

“The applause of a single human being is of great consequence.”

“He was as sentimental as Hitler about applause and crowds.”

“…glad applause and the heaven-flung shout of the populace.”
Laetifici plausus missusque ad sidera vulgi clamor.

“You must be prepared to work always without applause.”