It is better for the praise to come from someone else.

"You're simply the best, better than all the rest
Better than anyone, anyone I've ever met
I'm stuck on your heart, and hang on every word you say
Tear us apart, baby I would rather be dead"
From the song 'Simply The Best' by Tina Turner

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GC5E8ie2pdM

Does this mean that men are created "evil"?

"It is natural to man to regard himself as the object of the creation, and to think of all things in relation to himself, and the degree in which they can serve and be useful to him."
- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe