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Applause: Quotations from Cyclopedia of Practical Quotations

Applause is the spur of noble minds, the end and aim of weak ones.— C. C. COLTON — Lacon. P. 205.

O Popular Applause! what heart of man Is proof against thy sweet, seducing charms?— COWPER — Task. Bk. II. L. 431.

The silence that accepts merit as the most natural thing in the world, is the highest applause.— EMERSON — An Address. July 15, 1838.

The applause of a single human being is of great consequence.— SAM'L JOHNSON — Boswell's Life of

Johnson, 1780. Like Cato, give his little senate laws, And sit attentive to his own applause.— POPE — Prologue to the Satires. L. 207.