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APPLAUSE
APPLES --- APPRECIATION
APPROPRIATE --- APPROVAL --- APRIL

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APPLAUSE

see: "ADMIRATION"
see: "FAME"
see: "FLATTERY"
see: "GLORY"
see: "POPULARITY"
see: "REPUTATION"
see: "SUCCESS"
see "KINDNESS" for other related links


Praise from the common people is generally false, and
rather follows vain persons than virtuous ones.
--Francis Bacon (1561—1626)
English philosopher and essayist.

Do what thy manhood bids thee do,
from none but self expect applause;
He noblest lives and noblest dies who
makes and keeps his self-made laws.
--Sir Richard Francis Burton (1821—1890)
English scholar-explorer and Orientalist.
The Kasidah of Haji Abdu El-Yezdi. or. “Lay of the Higher Law” [1880]

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When the million applaud you, seriously ask
yourself what harm you have done; when
they censure you, what good!
--C.C. Colton (1780—1832)
English clergyman and writer.
_Lacon: or, Many Things in Few Words;
Addressed to Those Who Think_ 1.424 [1823]


Applause is the spur of noble minds,
the end and aim of weak ones.
--C.C. Colton (1780—1832)
English clergyman and writer.
_Lacon: or, Many Things in Few Words;
Addressed to Those Who Think_ [1823]

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Man may content himself with the applause of
the world and the homage paid to his intellect;
but woman's heart has holier idols.
--Augusta Jane Evans (1835—1909)
American novelist.
_Beulah_ [1860]

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At a meeting of a Parisian literary society Franklin found
himself a bit at sea as flowery compliments in French
were exchanged. He decided it would be safest to clap
only when he saw a lady of his acquaintance applauding.
After the gathering was over, Franklin's little grandson
said, 'But, Grandpapa, you always applauded, and louder
than anyone else, when they praised you.'

--_Bartlett's Book of Anecdotes_
edited by Clifton Fadiman and Andrι Bernard [2000 ed.]
(Benjamin Franklin (1706—1790)
American politician, inventor, and scientist)

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In the silence of night I have often wished
for just a few words of love from one man,
rather than the applause of thousands of
people.
--Judy Garland [Frances Gumm] (1922—1969)
American motion-picture singer and actress.
In Barbara Rowes _The Book of Quotes_ [1979].

When someone does something good, applaud!
You will make two people happy.
--Samuel Goldwyn [Schmuel Gelbfisz] (1882—1974)
American film producer.

It is harder to avoid censure than to gain applause; for this may be
done by one great or wise action in an age. But to escape censure
a man must pass his whole life without saying or doing one ill or
foolish thing.
--David Hume (1711—1776)
Scottish philosopher.

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The applause of a single human being is
of great consequence.
--Samuel Johnson (1709—1784)
English poet, critic, and lexicographer.


Almost every man wastes part of his life in attempts to display
qualities which he does not possess, and to gain applause
which he cannot keep.
--Samuel Johnson (1709—1784)
English poet, critic, and lexicographer.
_The Rambler_ (English twice-weekly journal 1750-1752), #189


He that applauds him who does not deserve praise, is
endeavoring to deceive the public; he that hisses in
malice or sport, is an oppressor and a robber.
--Samuel Johnson (1709—1784)
English poet, critic, and lexicographer.

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The praise we give to new comers into the world arises
from the envy we bear to those who are established.
--Franηois de La Rochefoucauld (1613—1680)
French classical author.

A slowness to applaud betrays a cold temper or an envious spirit.
--Hannah More (1745—1833)
English religious writer.

On applause: They named it Ovation from the Latin "ovis," a sheep.
--Plutarch (A.D. 46?—119?)
Greek philosopher and biographer.
_Parallel Lives_, Dryden edition [1693]

That thirst [for applause] if the last infirmity of
noble minds, is also the first infirmity of weak ones.
--John Ruskin (1819—1900)
English art and social critic.
_Sesame and Lilies_ [1865], Lecture 2

The small hall echoed with stormy applause, rising
to an ovation! ... However, who would dare to be
the *first* to stop? ... After eleven minutes the director
of the paper factory assumed a business-like expression
and sat down in his seat ... That same night the
factory director was arrested [and] his interrogator
reminded him: 'Don't ever be the first to stop
applauding!'
--Alexander Solzhenitsyn (1918— )
Russian novelist.
_The Gulag Archipelago_ [1999 edn.] pp.27-28.

Nothing is more difficult than to bear the applause of fools,
and I would willingly be hissed if I could only reward the
"Bravi" of an ignoramus by boxing his ears.
--Carl Maria von Weber (1786—1826)
German composer and opera director.
_Literary Works_

Neither human applause nor human censure is to be taken
as the test of truth; but either should set us upon testing
ourselves.
--Richard Whately (1787—1863)
English philosopher and theologian.

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claque KLACK, noun:
1. A group hired to applaud at a performance.
2. A group of fawning admirers.

plaudit [PLAW-dit], noun:
1. A round or demonstration of applause.
2. Enthusiastic approval; an expression of praise.



APPLES

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see "FOOD & DRINK" for related links


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Dorothy Parker (1893—1967)
American critic and humorist.

At a Halloween party she saw a group of people
standing around a tub of water and asked what
they were doing. When she was told they were
ducking for apples, she noted sadly, 'There,
but for a typographical error, is the story
of my life.'

--_Bartlett's Book of Anecdotes_
edited by Clifton Fadiman and Andrι Bernard [2000]


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APPRECIATION

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see: "ADMIRATION"
see: "GRATITUDE"
see: "TASTE"
see: "THANKFULNESS" & "THANKSGIVING"
see "KINDNESS" for other related links


Carve not upon a stone when I am dead,
The praises which remorseful mourners give;
To women's graves—a tardy recompense,
But speak them while I live.
--Elizabeth Akers Allen (1832—1911)
American poet.
"Till Death"

Men should allow others' excellences, to preserve
a modest opinion of their own.
--Isaac Barrow (1630—1677)
English classical scholar, theologian, and mathematician
who was a teacher of Isaac Newton.

If with pleasure you are viewing,
Any work a man is doing,
If you like him or love him, tell him now.
Do not wait till life is over,
And he's underneath the clover,
For he cannot read his tombstone when he's dead.
--Berton Braley (1882—1966)
American poet.
"Do It Now"

Appreciate me now, and avoid the rush.
--Ashleigh Brilliant (1933— )
British-born American writer and artist.

Thank you for nothing.
--Miguel de Cervantes (1547—1616)
Spanish novelist.
_Don Quixote de la Mancha_ [1605—1615]
Pt. 1 [1605], bk. 3, ch. 1.

Reflect on your present blessings, of which every
man has many; not on your past misfortunes, of
which all men have some.
--Charles Dickens (1812—1870)
English novelist.
In Richard Alan Krieger
_Civilization's Quotations: Life's Idea_, p. 171 [2002].

The golden moments in the stream of life rush past
us, and we see nothing but sand; the angels come to
visit us, and we only know them when they are gone.
--George Eliot [Mary Ann Evans] (1819—1880)
English novelist.

We are accustomed to see men deride what they do not
understand; and snarl at the good and beautiful because
it lies beyond their sympathies.
--Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749—1832)
German poet, novelist, and playwright.
_Faust_ [1806]

Our companions please us less from the charms we find
in their conversation than from those they find in ours.
--Fulke Greville (1554—1628)
English philosophical poet.

The greatest humiliation in life, is to work hard on
something from which you expect great appreciation,
and then fail to get it.
--Edgar Watson Howe (1854—1937)
American journalist and author.
_Ventures in Common Sense_ [1919]

I know, indeed, of nothing more subtly satisfying and
cheering than a knowledge of the real good will and
appreciation of others. Such happiness does not
come with money, nor does it flow from fine physical
state. It cannot be brought. But it is the keenest joy,
after all; and the toiler's truest and best reward.
--William Dean Howells (1837—1920)
American novelist and critic.

I would rather be able to appreciate things I cannot
have than to have things I am not able to appreciate.
--Elbert Hubbard (1859—1915)
American editor, publisher, and author who
died in the sinking of the "Lusitania."
_The Philistine_ (magazine) 1 December 1901, v. 14, #1

The deepest principle in human nature is the craving
to be appreciated.
--William James (1842—1910)
American philosopher.

It is with certain good qualities as with the senses; those
who are entirely deprived of them can neither appreciate
nor comprehend them.
--Franηois de La Rochefoucauld (1613—1680)
French classical author.

Brains, like hearts, go where they are appreciated.
--Robert S. McNamara (1916— )
American Democratic politician.

Great minds, like heaven, are pleased in doing good, though
the ungrateful subjects of their favors are barren in return.
--Nicholas Rowe (1674—1718)
English dramatist, writer, and poet.

It is a matter of the simplest demonstration, that no man
can be really appreciated but by his equal or superior.
--John Ruskin (1819—1900)
English art and social critic.

Whenever you commend, add your reasons for doing so;
it is this which distinguishes the approbation of a man of
sense from the flattery of sycophants and admiration of
fools.
--Sir Richard Steele (1672—1729)
Irish-born essayist and dramatist.
_The Guardian_ #24

People generally do not appreciate what they do
not suffer for. A thing is held to be cheap if
it did not cost dearly. Honor is lightly worn
if it was easily attained. Inherited liberty is
too often carelessly used until it is repossessed
through sacrifices.
--Fred Robert Tiffany, D.D.

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Only he who has seen better days and lives to
see better days again knows their full value.
--Mark Twain [Samuel Langhorne Clemens] (1835—1910)
American humorist, novelist, journalist, and river pilot.


If you pick up a starving dog and make him
prosperous, he will not bite you. That is the
principal difference between a dog and a man.
--Mark Twain [Samuel Langhorne Clemens] (1835—1910)
American humorist, novelist, journalist, and river pilot.
_Pudd'nhead Wilson_ [1894]
"Pudd'nhead Wilson's Calendar" Ch. 16

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By appreciation, we make excellence
in others our own property.
--Voltaire (Franηois Marie Arouet) (1694—1778)
French writer and philosopher.
In _Rhetoric, Cultural Studies, and Literacy_
Rhetoric Society of America Conference, John Frederick Reynolds ed., p. 5 [1995].

Like birds, whose beauties languish half concealed,
Till, mounted on the wing, their glossy plumes
Expanded, shine with azure, green and gold;
How blessings brighten as they take their flight.
--Edward Young (1683—1765)
English poet.
"Night Thoughts" [1742—1745] II, l. 589



APPROPRIATE

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apposite (adjective) ['ζ-pκ-zit]
Strikingly appropriate, applicable,
or fitting; well put

apropos (adj.) [ζ-prκ-'po]
Very appropriate at a particular moment or in a particular situation.
as preposition: In regard to, speaking of, concerning.

germane (adj.) [jκr-'meyn]
Closely related: relevant, pertinent, apposite.

incongruous [in-KONG-groo-us], adjective:
1. Lacking in harmony, compatibility, or appropriateness.
2. Inconsistent with reason, logic, or common sense.



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APPROVAL

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see: "ACCEPTANCE"
see: "AGREEMENT"
see: "RESPECT"
see "KINDNESS" for other related links


The men the American people admire most extrvagantly are
the most daring liars; the men they detest most violently
are those who try to tell them the truth.
--H.L. (Henry Louis) Mencken (1880—1956)
American journalist and literary critic.

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(Verse 1)
At words poetic, I'm so pathetic
That I always have found it best,
Instead of getting 'em off my chest,
To let 'em rest
Unexpressed.
I hate parading
My serenading,
As I'll probably miss a bar,
But if this ditty
Is not so pretty,
At least it'll tell you
How great you are.

(Chorus 1)
You're the top!
You're the Colosseum.
You're the top!
You're the Louvre Museum.
You're a melody from a symphony by
Strauss,
You're a Bendel bonnet,
A Shakespeare sonnet,
You're Mickey Mouse.
You're the Nile,
You're the Tow'r of Pisa,
You're the smile
On the Mona Lisa.
I'm a worthless check, a total wreck,
a flop,
But if, baby, I'm the bottom
You're the top!

"You're The Top" [1934 song]
Words and music by Cole Porter (1892—1964)
American songwriter.

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We measure the excellency of other men by some
excellency we conceive to be in ourselves.
--John Selden (1584—1654)
English historian.
_Table Talk_ [1689]

Care about people's approval and
you will be their prisoner.
--Tao-te Ching (Chinese: Classic of the Way of Power)
Classic of Chinese philosophical literature. The name
was first used during the Han dynasty (206 B.C.—220 A.D.)
and had been previously called Lao-tzu.

A man cannot be comfortable without his own approval.
--Mark Twain [Samuel Langhorne Clemens] (1835—1910)
American humorist, novelist, journalist, and river pilot.
_What Is Man?_

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approbation [ap-ruh-BAY-shuhn], noun:
1. The act of approving; formal or official approval.
2. Praise; commendation.

imprimatur [im-prih-MAH-tur], noun:
1. Official license or approval to print or publish a book,
paper, etc.; especially, such a license issued by the Roman
Catholic episcopal authority.
2. Approval; sanction.
3. A mark of approval or distinction.

plaudit [PLAW-dit], noun:
1. A round or demonstration of applause.
2. Enthusiastic approval; an expression of praise.



APRIL

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see: "NATURE"
see "TIME"


April Fool, n. The March fool with another month added to his folly.
--Ambrose Bierce (1842—1914)
American newspaperman, wit, and satirist.
_The Cynic's Word Book_ [1906]
(Retitled in 1911 as _The Devil's Dictionary_.)
_The Devil's Dictionary_

Oh, to be in England
Now that April's there ...
In England — now!
--Robert Browning (1812—1889)
English poet.
"Home-Thoughts, from Abroad" [1845]

Though April showers may come your way,
They bring the flowers that bloom in May,
So if it's raining, have no regrets,
Because it isn't raining rain you know,
It's raining violets.
--B.G. DeSylva (1895—1950)
American songwriter.
"April Showers" in the 1921 musical _Bomba_.

And not a girl goes walking
Along the Cotswold lanes
But knows men's eyes in April
Are quicker than their brains.
--John Drinkwater (1882—1937)
English poet and dramatist.
"Cotswold Love"

April is the cruelest month, breeding
Lilacs out of the dead land, mixing
Memory and desire, stirring
Dull roots with spring rain.
--T.S. Eliot (1888—1965)
Anglo-American poet, critic, and dramatist.
Opening lines "The Waste Land" [1922].

The sun was warm but the wind was chill.
You know how it is with an April day
When the sun is out and the wind is still,
You're one month on in the middle of May,
But if you so much as dare to speak,
A cloud comes over the sunlit arch,
A wind comes off a frozen peak,
And you're two months back in the middle of March.
--Robert Frost (1874—1963)
American poet.
"Two Tramps in Mud Time"

Here cometh April again, and as far as I can see
the world hath more fools in it than ever.
--Charles Lamb (1775—1834)
English essayist.

To what purpose, April, do you return again?
Beauty is not enough.
You can no longer quiet me with the redness
Of little leaves opening stickily.
I know what I know.
The sun is hot on my neck as I observe
The spikes of the crocus.
The smell of the earth is good.
It is apparent that there is no death.
But what does that signify?
Not only under ground are the brains of men
Eaten by maggots.
Life in itself
Is nothing,
An empty cup, a flight of uncarpeted stairs.
It is not enough that yearly, down this hill,
April
Comes like an idiot,
babbling and strewing flowers.
--Edna St. Vincent Millay (1892—1950)
American poet.

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George Santayana (1863—1952)
Spanish-born philosopher and poet.

When Santayana came into a sizable legacy,
he was able to relinquish his post on the
Harvard faculty. The classroom was packed
for his final appearance, and Santayana did
himself proud. He was about to conclude his
remarks when he caught sight of a forythia
beginning to blossom in a patch of muddy
snow outside the window. He stopped abruptly,
picked up his hat, gloves, and walking stick,
and made for the door. "Gentlemen,' he said
softly, 'I shall not be able to finish that sentence.
I have just discoved I have an appointment with
Spring.'

--_Bartlett's Book of Anecdotes_
edited by Clifton Fadiman and Andrι Bernard [2000]

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No, no, Orlando; men are April when they woo,
December when they wed:
--William Shakespeare (1564—1616)
English dramatist.
_As You Like It_ [1599], Act IV, scene I

Sweet April showers
Do spring May flowers.
--Thomas Tusser (c.1524—1580)
English agricultural writer and poet.
_A Hundred Good Points of Husbandry_
[1557] "April's Husbandry"

When April pours the colors of a shell
Upon the hills, and every little creek
Is shot with silver from the Chesapeake
In shoals new-minted by the ocean swell,
When strawberries go begging, and the sleek
Blue plums lie open to the blackbird's beak,
We shall live well — we shall live very well.
--Elinor Wylie, nιe Hoyt (1885—1928)
American poet and novelist.
"Wild Peaches"


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