Quotes 41 till 60 of 149.
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I do not speak of what I cannot praise.
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I don't judge a regime by the damning criticism of the opposition, but by the ingenuous praise of the partisan.
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I find the pain of a little censure, even when it is unfounded, is more acute than the pleasure of much praise.
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I have protracted my work till most of those whom I wished to please have sunk into the grave, and success and miscarriage are empty sounds: I therefore dismiss it with frigid tranquillity, having little to fear or hope from censure or from praise.
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I know of no manner of speaking so offensive as that of giving praise, and closing it with an exception.
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I will praise any man that will praise me.
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If they want to criticize me, I don't care; I don't mind. But they must criticize me fairly. Usually, the criticism is not fair. Or the praise, even the praise sometimes is not fair.
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If you do your fair day's work, you are certain to get your fair day's wage - in praise or pudding, whichever happens to suit your taste.
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In almost everything that touches our everyday life on earth, God is pleased when we're pleased. He wills that we be as free as birds to soar and sing our maker's praise without anxiety.
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In my writing, as much as I could, I tried to find the good, and praise it.
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Integrity is the first step to true greatness. Men love to praise, but are slow to practice it. To maintain it in high places costs self-denial; in all places it is liable to opposition, but its end is glorious, and the universe will yet do it homage.
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It is a hard and nice subject for a man to speak of himself: it grates his own heart to say anything of disparagement, and the reader's ear to hear anything of praise from him.
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It is a sign of a creeping inner death when we no longer can praise the living.
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It is as hard to satirize well a man of distinguished vices, as to praise well a man of distinguished virtues.
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It is salutary to train oneself to be no more affected by censure than by praise.
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It is simpler and easier to flatter people than to praise them.
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Let America first praise mediocrity even, in her children, before she praises... the best excellence in the children of any other land.
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Make friends with the angels, who though invisible are always with you. Often invoke them, constantly praise them, and make good use of their help and assistance in all your temporal and spiritual affairs.
St. Francis de Sales
Bishop of Geneva and is honored as a saint in the Catholic Church (1567 - 1622)
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