Teresa of Avila
Saint, Mystic, Writer
"When we accept what happens to us and make the best of it, we are praising God."
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Praise
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Cato the Elder
Politician, Orator
"The hero saves us. Praise the hero! Now, who will save us from the hero?"
David Hume
Philosopher, Historian
"Mohammed praises [instances of] tretchery, inhumanity, cruelty, revenge, and bigotry that are utterly incompatible with civilized society."
John Ruskin
Art Critic, Writer
"They are good furniture pictures, unworthy of praise, and undeserving of blame."
Benjamin Franklin
Inventor, Statesman, Author
"Praise to the undeserving is severe satire."
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"The best of man is he who blushes when you praise him and remains silent when you defame him."
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"Complain and remain. Praise and be raised."
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"Thank your readers and the critics who praise you, and then ignore them. Write for the most intelligent, wittiest, wisest audience in the universe: Write to please yourself."
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"Blame it or praise it, there is no denying the wild horse in us."
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"It's easier to find a new audience than to write a new speech."
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"People can be induced to swallow anything, provided it is sufficiently seasoned with praise."
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"It is wonderful to have someone praise you, to be desired."
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"God can say to His believers, 'I am divine and human,' and His believers can reply, 'Praise You, Lord. You are divine and human, and we are human and divine.'"
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"When someone abuses me I can defend myself, but against praise I am defenceless."
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"Your depression is connected to your insolence and refusal to praise."
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"Envying another's beauty will diminish your own. But when you praise beauty in others your own beauty deepens."
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"Every other author may aspire to praise; the lexicographer can only hope to escape reproach."
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"I have not come to praise Caesar, but to bury him."
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"The humblest praise most, while cranks & malcontents praise least. Praise almost seems to be inner health made audible"
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"Praise the slightest improvement and praise every improvement. Be hearty in your approbation and lavish in your praise."
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"We praise a man who feels angry on the right grounds and against the right persons and also in the right manner at the right moment and for the right length of time."
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"Better to perish from fools than to accept praises from them."
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"Always praise 'em before you hit 'em."
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"Neither blame or praise yourself."
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"He who boasts of his pedigree praises that which does not belong to him."
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