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Be thou the first true merit to befriend, his praise is lost who stays till all commend.: Alexander Pope (1688 - 1744)
There are two modes of establishing our reputation: to be praised by honest men, and to be abused by rogues. It is best, however, to secure the former, because it will invariably be accompanied by the latter.: Charles Caleb Colton (1780 - 1832)
Such praise coming from so degraded a source, was degrading to me, its recipient.: Cicero (106 BC - 43 BC)
He who praises you for what you lack wishes to take from you what you have.: Don Juan Manuel (1282 - 1349)
It is a sign of a creeping inner death when we no longer can praise the living.: Eric Hoffer (1902 - 1983)
The meanest, most contemptible kind of praise is that which first speaks well of a man, and then qualifies it with a "but".: Henry Ward Beecher (1813 - 1887)
Praise the young and they will flourish.: Irish Proverb
The praise that comes from love does not make us vain, but more humble.: James M. Barrie (1860 - 1937)
You do ill if you praise, but worse if you censure, what you do not understand.: Leonardo da Vinci (1452 - 1519)
We are always more anxious to be distinguished for a talent which we do not possess, than to be praised for the fifteen which we do possess.: Mark Twain (1835 - 1910), Mark Twain's Autobiography
Don't discuss yourself, for you are bound to lose; if you belittle yourself, you are believed; if you praise yourself, you are disbelieved.: Michel de Montaigne (1533 - 1592)
Praise, like gold and diamonds, owes its value only to its scarcity.: Samuel Johnson (1709 - 1784)
Be not too hasty either with praise or blame; speak always as though you were giving evidence before the judgement-seat of the Gods.: Seneca (5 BC - 65 AD)
You can tell the character of every man when you see how he receives praise.: Seneca (5 BC - 65 AD), Epistles
Praise from the common people is generally false, and rather follows the vain than the virtuous.: Sir Francis Bacon (1561 - 1626)
Real joy comes not from ease or riches or from the praise of men, but from doing something worthwhile.: Sir Wilfred Grenfell (1865 - 1940)
If a man is proud of his wealth, he should not be praised until it is known how he employs it.: Socrates (469 BC - 399 BC)
Think not those faithful who praise all thy words and actions; but those who kindly reprove thy faults.: Socrates (469 BC - 399 BC)
Their silence is sufficient praise.: Terence (185 BC - 159 BC)
I do not confer praise or blame: I accept. I am the measure of all things. I am the centre of the world.: W. Somerset Maugham (1874 - 1965), 'Of Human Bondage', 1915
People ask for criticism, but they only want praise.: W. Somerset Maugham (1874 - 1965), "Of Human Bondage", 1915
I pay no attention whatever to anybody's praise or blame. I simply follow my own feelings.: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 - 1791)


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