"Idleness and fear keeps us in the path of duty, but our virtue often gets the praise."
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"A refusal of praise is a desire to be praised twice."
"A person is bound to lose when he talks about himself; if he belittles himself, he is believed; if he praises himself, he isn't believed."
"It is one thing to praise discipline, and another to submit to it."
"The human mind is generally far more eager to praise or dispraise than it is to describe and define."
"Those are greedy of praise prove that they are poor in merit."
"If a man would reap praise, you must sow the seeds, gentle words and useful deeds."
"He hurts me most who lavishly commends."
"Authors who moan with praise for their editors always seem to reek slightly of the Stockholm syndrome."
"If we regulate our conduct according to our own convictions, we may safely disregard the praise or censure of others."
"Praise invariably implies a reference to a higher standard."
"It is salutary to train oneself to be no more affected by censure than by praise."
"I will praise any man that will praise me."
"The house praises the carpenter."
"There are many occasions when the highest praise one can receive is the attack of some given scoundrel."
"It's the admirer and the watcher who provoke us to all the inanities we commit."
"Those who praise themselves do not prevail."
"Some reproaches praise; some praises reproach."
"The fact is that certain themes cannot be celebrated in words, and tyranny is one of them. No one ever wrote a good book in praise of the Inquisition."
"Truth is so excellent, that if it praises but small things they become noble."