"Antiquity is full of the praises of another antiquity still more remote."
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"Unmerited abuse wounds, while unmerited praise has not the power to heal."
"True praise comes often even to the lowly; false praise only to the strong."
"Praise the Lord, but do me a favor, don't ever say 'Stephen Baldwin' and 'ministry' in the same sentence."
"If the mind is pleased with praise, it will be displeased with blame."
"Cease Fire ! Inshallah!!! Baruch Hashem!! Praise the Lord! #ceasefireforever #peaceinthemiddleeast #livingforlove"
"In satyagraha, a courted imprisonment carries its own praise."
"The only praise I would like and treasure is the promotion of the activities to which my life is dedicated."
"Why did the ancients praise the Way? Did they not say it was because you find what you seek and are saved from your wrongdoings?"
"Praise and disgrace cause fear."
"He does not praise himself - yet he is respectable."
"Praise from the praise-worthy is beyond all rewards."
"We would do the same thing that America did when the Jap[an] - when, when Pearl Harbor was attacked. America defended itself. They said praise the Lord, but they passed the ammunition."
"Praise from the common people is generally false, and rather follows the vain than the virtuous."
"Praise is the reflection of virtue."
"When we shout at the oak tree, the oak tree is not offended. When we praise the oak tree, it doesn't raise its nose. We can learn the Dharma from the oak tree; therefore, the oak tree is part of our Dharmakaya. We can learn from everything that is around, that is in us."
"We all are imbued with the love of praise."
"I will go further, and assert that nature without culture can often do more to deserve praise than culture without nature."
"To praise princes for virtues they do not possess is to insult them without fear of consequences."
"We do not like to praise, and seldom praise anyone without self-interest."