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Praise Quotes


"But no one can praise Roosevelt for doing this and then insist that he restored our traditional political and economic systems to their former vitality."


"True praise comes often even to the lowly; false praise only to the strong."


"The time of persecution and problems is the time to thank and praise God."


"Having the critics praise you is like having the hangman say you've got a pretty neck."


"We are prepared for insults, but compliments leave us baffled."


"All praise to the masters indeed, but we too could produce a Kant or a Hugo."


"So, to praise others for their virtues can but encourage one's own efforts."


"In my writing, as much as I could, I tried to find the good, and praise it."


"Some are made modest by great praise, others insolent."


"We seldom praise anyone in good earnest, except such as admire us."


"Virtues are acquired through endeavor, Which rests wholly upon yourself. So, to praise others for their virtues Can but encourage one's own efforts."


"A person places themselves on a level with the ones they praise."


"Praise is warming and desirable. But it is an earned thing. It has to be deserved, like a hug from a child."


"To say of a picture, as is often said in its praise, that it shows great and earnest labour, is to say that it is incomplete and unfit for view."


"There is no praise to bear the sort that you put in your pocket."


"It is a sign that your reputation is small and sinking if your own tongue must praise you."
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