Quote by Francois de La Rochefoucauld

A refusal of praise is a desire to be praised twice.

A refusal of praise is a desire to be praised twice.

Summary

This quote suggests that when someone rejects or refuses praise, it is often because they desire and seek even more praise. It implies that by turning down compliments or recognition, they hope to solicit even stronger praise or flattery in an attempt to satisfy their ego or gain greater validation. Overall, it highlights the complexity of human nature and the innate desire for acknowledgment and admiration.

Topics

Praise

By Francois de La Rochefoucauld

Liked the quote? Share it with your friends.

Random Quotations

I think that Indy is special to me. The greater the distance

I think that Indy is special to me. The greater the distance between the last time I drove an Indy car and the next time, I wouldn't like that to be too big.

Car

To be no part of any body, is to be nothing.

To be no part of any body, is to be nothing.

Rejection

Sometimes you can't prioritise family and you feel guilty.

Sometimes you can't prioritise family and you feel guilty.

Family

The way Hollywood portrays mothers - you're either all good

The way Hollywood portrays mothers - you're either all good and saint-like, or you're all bad. And I think the real honesty of motherhood is not given a voice in movies. I miss that as an audience member.

Movies

One already feels like an anachronism, writing novels in the

One already feels like an anachronism, writing novels in the age of what-ever-this-is-the-age-of, but touring to promote them feels doubly anachronistic. The marketplace is showing an increasing intolerance for the time-honored practice of printing information on paper and shipping it around the country.

Age

I'm much more interested in what an actor has to say about s

I'm much more interested in what an actor has to say about something substantial and important than who they're dating or what clothes they're wearing or some other asinine, insignificant aspect of their life.

Dating

A perfect dinner for me is being with people I really want t

A perfect dinner for me is being with people I really want to be with. It starts and stops with my company and my family.

If we didn't want to upset anyone, we would make films about

If we didn't want to upset anyone, we would make films about sewing, but even that could be dangerous. But I think finally, in a film, it is how the balance is and the feelings are. But I think there has to be those contrasts and strong things within a film for the total experience.

Experience

I love sleep. My life has the tendency to fall apart when I'

I love sleep. My life has the tendency to fall apart when I'm awake, you know?

Ernest Hemingway

Life Love Sleep

The hope, and not the fact, of advancement, is the spur to i

The hope, and not the fact, of advancement, is the spur to industry.

Sir Henry Taylor

Growth

We often just accept the things that we like and complain a

We often just accept the things that we like and complain a lot about the things that we don't like. But if we could, like, intensly dwell on the really great things in life the way we intensely dwell on the negative things in life. I think that would be fantastic.

Life

History is a guide to navigation in perilous times. History

History is a guide to navigation in perilous times. History is who we are and why we are the way we are.

David McCullough

History