"To praise great actions is in some sense to share them."
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"We seldom praise anyone in good earnest, except such as admire us."
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"Neither praise nor dispraise thy selfe, thy actins serve the turne. [Neither praise nor dispraise thyself; thy actions serve the turn.]"
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"The most enviable praise of all is just to be called an honest man."
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"Fame is not just. She never finely or discriminatingly praises, but coarsely hurrahs."
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"Some are made modest by great praise, others insolent."
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"What can everyone do? Praise and blame. This is human virtue, this is human madness."
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"that you seemed almost as fearful of notice and praise as other women were of neglect. (Edmund to Fanny)"
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"I do not speak of what I cannot praise."
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"Unless a reviewer has the courage to give you unqualified praise, I say ignore the bastard."
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"Praise is the daughter of present power."
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"Elisabeth, again, while she praises her, is so far from hiding the Divine glory, that she ascribes everything to God. And yet, though she acknowledges the superiority of Mary to herself and to others, she does not envy her the higher distinction, but modestly declares that she had obtained more than she deserved."
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"Base wealth preferring to eternal praise."
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"Self praise is no praise at all."
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"You can't really praise somebody's work and then criticize the process."
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"Xenophon says that there is no sound more pleasing than one's own praises."
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"The English certainly and fiercely pride themselves in never praising themselves."
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"The Candor sing the praises of the truth, but they never tell you how much it costs."
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"Their silence is enough praise."
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"To write a verse or two is all the praise That I can raise."
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