"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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"Venerate the martyrs, praise, love, proclaim, honor them. But worship the God of the martyrs."
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"Begin with praise and honest appreciation."
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"Praise is the mode of love which always has some element of joy in it."
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"Let praise be given equally to women as well as men who have been distinguished in virtue."
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"The lizard that jumped from a high Iroko tree to the ground said he would praise himself if no-one else did."
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"Worship leaders, let's choose to praise rather than perform when leading."
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"Flee flattery, false praise and fair weather friends"
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"It is ill to praise, and worse to blame, the thing which you do not understand."
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". . .the larger the crowd, the more probable that that which it praises is folly, and the more improbable that it is truth; and the most improbable of all that it is any eternal truth."
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"There is power in corporate fasting and power in corporate praise."
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"I am not afraid of praise, for I have practiced it on myself."
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"It is only the goodness of God sensibly experienced by us which opens our mouth to celebrate His praise."
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"Don't discuss yourself, for you are bound to lose; if you belittle yourself, you are believed; if you praise yourself, you are disbelieved."
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"Pansies, lilies, kingcups, daisies, Let them live upon their praises."
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"Be quick to praise people. People like to praise those who praise them."
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