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    What work does the phrase "Praise from Caesar is praise indeed" come from?

    Question #96784. Asked by Mouldy-Carpets. (Jun 19 08 11:31 AM)


    JCSon

    		Possibly from Horace Satires 2.1.84: iudice laudatus Caesare "praised by such a judge as Caesar".

    Sources:
    http://books.google.com/books?id=vrhJpH05gRIC&pg=PA194&lpg=PA194&dq=praised+by+such+a+judge+as+caesar&source=web&ots=nIAJXpM_cg&sig=vMrTn3AyIgmr2wdthh6ExnICjWM&hl=en&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=1&ct=result
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Miscellaneous/2007_April_6

    Jun 19 08, 12:19 PM
    truefaithmom

    		JCSon,
    I saw that reference as well, but the original poser on that site discounted the source:
    "The quote is a pretty close fit, but the context does not seem to agree with what I understand to be the meaning of the expression."
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Miscellaneous/2007_April_6

    Jun 19 08, 12:35 PM
    JCSon

    		Nonetheless, the quote could potentially have originated from the Horace source with some semantical modification.

    I daresay you've had as much luck as I in finding a better source. Horace is at least a possible, albeit unconvincing, source.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Miscellaneous/2007_April_6

    Jun 19 08, 1:37 PM

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