“Praise your friends, and let your friends praise you.”
The Dignity of Human Nature (1754)
The Notebooks of Leonardo da Vinci (1883), XIX Philosophical Maxims. Morals. Polemics and Speculations.
“Praise your friends, and let your friends praise you.”
The Dignity of Human Nature (1754)
“If one's friends do not openly laugh at him, they are not in fact his friends.”
Source: Forever Odd (2005), Chapter 11; Odd Thomas's recounting of a conversation with Little Ozzie
Context: "Sometimes," I said, "it seems to me that a friend might not take such pleasure in making fun of me as you do."
"Dear Odd! If one's friends do not openly laugh at him, they are not, in fact, his friends. How else would one learn to avoid saying those things that would elicit laughter from strangers? The mockery of friends is affectionate, and inoculates against foolishness."
The Notebooks of Leonardo da Vinci (1883), XIX Philosophical Maxims. Morals. Polemics and Speculations.
Introductio ad prudentiam: Part II (1727)
“Praise be to you, O hills, that you can breathe
Into our souls the secret of your power!”
"Comrades", p. 49.
Along the Trail (1898)
"American Skin"
Song lyrics, High Hopes (2014)