Applause
Quotes on Applause
They named it Ovation from the Latin ovis, a sheep.
Plutarch (46-120) Greek essayist, biographer
I want to thank you for stopping the applause. It is impossible for me tolook humble for any period of time.
Henry Kissinger (b. 1923) American adviser on international affairs
Do not trust to the cheering, for those very persons would shout as much if you and I were going to be hanged.
Oliver Cromwell (1599-1658) Lord Protector of England
The silence that accepts merit as the most natural thing in the world is the highest applause.
Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882) American essayist, poet, philosopher
