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Praise the Lord and pass the ammunition.
Praise
American Proverb

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Praise invariably implies a reference to a higher standard.
Praise
Aristotle

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The praise that comes from love does not make us vain, but more humble.
Praise
Sir James M. Barrie

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A negative judgment gives you more satisfaction than praise, provided it smacks of jealousy.
Critics and Criticism
Jean Baudrillard

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Praise does wonders for the sense of hearing.
Praise
Best of Bits and Pieces

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Let another praise you and not your own mouth, a stranger and not your own lips.
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Bible

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Attach yourself to those who advise you rather than praise you.
Praise
Nicholas Boileau

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And lips say God be pitiful, who never said, God be praised.
Religion
Elizabeth Barrett Browning

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A heap of epithets is poor praise: the praise lies in the facts, and in the way of telling them.
Praise
Jean De La Bruyere

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Praise out of season, or tactlessly bestowed, can freeze the heart as much as blame.
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Pearl S. Buck

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One should use praise to recognize what one is not.
Praise
Elias Canetti

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I praise loudly, I blame softly.
Blame
Catherine II of Russia

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Do everything with a mind that lets go. Do not expect praise or reward.
Service
Achaan Chah

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Modesty is the only sure bait when you angle for praise.
Modesty
Lord Chesterfield

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A new philosophy generally means in practice the praise of some old vice.
Philosophers and Philosophy
Gilbert K. Chesterton

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The sad souls of those who lived without blame and without praise.
Life and Living
Dante Alighieri

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It is not possible to eat me without insisting that I sing praises of my devourer?
Gratitude
Fyodor Dostoevsky

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The only way to escape the personal corruption of praise is to go on working.
Praise
Albert Einstein

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Blame is safer than praise.
Critics and Criticism
Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Our high respect for a well read person is praise enough for literature.
Books - Reading
Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Some natures are too good to be spoiled by praise.
Praise
Ralph Waldo Emerson

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There is no belittling worse than to over praise a man.
Praise
Owen Felltham

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We increase whatever we praise. The whole creation responds to praise, and is glad.
Praise
Charles Fillmore

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Praise the sea; on shore remain.
Oceans
John Florio

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One always tends to overpraise a long book, because one has got through it.
Books - Reading
Edward M. Forster

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