...when they would triumph, lo! he has passed on invulnerable. Blame is safer than praise. I hate to be defended in a newspaper. As long as all that is said,...feel a certain assurance of success. But as soon as honied words of praise are spoken for me, I feel as one that lies unprotected before his enemies. In...

...when they would triumph, lo! he has passed on invulnerable. Blame is safer than praise. I hate to be defended in a newspaper. As long as all that is said...that lies unprotected before his enemies. In general, even' evil to which we do not succumb is a benefactor. As the Sandwich Islander believes that the strength...

...men shall speak well of you." 2. Cf. Emerson, Compensation: "Blame is safer than praise. I hate to be defended in a newspaper. As long as all that is said...But as soon as honeyed words of praise are spoken forme I feel as one that lies unprotected before his enemies." 3. KF Smith, "Pupula Duplex," Studies...

...when he would triumph, lo ! he has passed on invulnerable. Blame is safer than praise. I hate to be defended in a newspaper. As long as all that is said is Mid against me, I feel a certain assurance of success. But as soon as honeyed words of praise are spoken...

...That's pretty much what he wrote a few months later about reaction to his Divinity School address: "As long as all that is said is said against me, I feel a certain sublime assurance of success[;] but as soon as honied words of praise are spoken for me, I feel as...

...when they would triumph, to! he has passed on invulnerable. Blame is safer than praise, I hate to be defended in a newspaper. As long as all that is said...feel a certain assurance of success. But as soon as honied words of praise are spoken for me I feel as one that lies unprotected before his enemies. In...

...starting up, mowing, muttering in our path, and shading our day. !7 Censure and Praise. - I hate to be defended in a newspaper. As long as all that is said is said against me, I feel a certain sublime assurance of success, but as soon as honied words of praise are spoken for me, I feel as one...

...materialism, his mind foundered in a sea of doubt. But there may be something to Emerson's stodgy apothegm: "In general, every evil to which we do not succumb is a benefactor." 2 The career of Chesterton stands as a victory for humankind. It represents the last major victory...

...of the insanity of conceit, has got moderation and real skill . . . Blame is safer than praise ... In general, every evil to which we do not succumb is a benefactor . . I learn the wisdom of St. Bernard, 'nothing can work me damage except myself. The harm that I sustain,...

...attackers in the local papers. Emerson's reaction to his advocates may seem strange: "I hate to be defended in a newspaper. As long as all that is said is said against me, I feel a certain sublime assurance of success, but as soon as honied words of praise are spoken for me, I feel as one...