“ A man is always pleased to have his most serious efforts praised, and the highest aspect of his nature get the most sunshine. ”
Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr., The Autocrat of the Breakfast-Table (1858). copy citation
| Author | Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr. |
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| Source | The Autocrat of the Breakfast-Table |
| Topic | praise effort |
| Date | 1858 |
| Language | English |
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| Weblink | http://www.gutenberg.org/files/751/751-h/751-h.htm |
Context
“It sometimes seems to me, as I know it does to others who have told me so, that they ought to be all best,—if not in actual execution, at least in plan and motive. I am grateful—he continued—for all such criticisms. A man is always pleased to have his most serious efforts praised, and the highest aspect of his nature get the most sunshine.
Yet I am sure, that, in the nature of things, many minds must change their key now and then, on penalty of getting out of tune or losing their voices. You know, I suppose,—he said,—what is meant by complementary colors?”
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