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Almost anything that can be praised or advocated has been put to some disgusting use. There is no principle, however immaculate, that has not had its compromising manipulator. ↗

— Wyndham Lewis

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You are damned and praised, or encouraged or discouraged by those who listen to you, and those who come to applaud you. And to me, those people are very important. ↗

— Miriam Makeba

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Taking an interest in what others are thinking and doing is often a much more powerful form of encouragement than praise. ↗

— Robert Martin

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Not to be cheered by praise, not to be grieved by blame, but to know thoroughly one's own virtues or powers are the characteristics of an excellent man. ↗

— Satchel Paige

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I find war detestable but those who praise it without participating in it even more so. ↗

— Romain Rolland

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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. ↗

— Saint Francis de Sales

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For if there is anything to one's praise, it is foolish vanity to be gratified at it, and if it is abuse - why one is always sure to hear of it from one damned good-natured friend or another! ↗

— Richard Brinsley Sheridan

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If a man is proud of his wealth, he should not be praised until it is known how he employs it. ↗

— Socrates

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The praise of ancient authors proceeds not from the reverence of the dead, but from the competition and mutual envy of the living. ↗

— Thomas Hobbes

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In every age and every man there is something to praise as well as to blame. ↗

— James Beattie

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