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• Do not fancy, as too many do, that thou canst praise God by singing hymns to Him in church once a week, and disobeying Him all the week long. He asks of thee works as well as words; and more, he asks of thee works first and words after.

  Charles Kingsley

  Hymns, Long, Singing

  "Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writer" by Josiah Hotchkiss Gilbert, p. 456, 1895.

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• To be forward to praise others implies either great eminence, that can afford to, part with applause; or great quickness of discernment, with confidence in our own judgments; or great sincerity and love of truth, getting the better of our self-love.

  William Hazlitt

  Self, And Love, Sincerity

  William Hazlitt (2015). “Delphi Collected Works of William Hazlitt (Illustrated)”, p.1464, Delphi Classics

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• It is singular how impatient men are with overpraise of others, how patient of overpraise of themselves; and yet the one does them no injury, while the other may be their ruin.

  James Russell Lowell

  Men, Doe, May

  James Russell Lowell (2016). “Delphi Complete Poetical Works of James Russell Lowell (Illustrated)”, p.595, Delphi Classics

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• The passion for praise, which is so very vehement in the fair sex, produces excellent effects in women of sense, who desire to be admired for that which only deserves admiration.

  Joseph Addison

  Sex, Passion, Desire

  Joseph Addison, Richard Steele (1853). “The Spectator”, p.236

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• There is a certain virtue in every good man, which night and day stirs up the mind with the stimulus of glory, and reminds it that all mention of our name will not cease at the same time with our lives, but that our fame will endure to all posterity.

  Marcus Tullius Cicero

  Men, Night, Names

  Marcus Tullius Cicero (1856). “Select Orations of Marcus Tullius Cicero”, p.146

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• I am pleased to be praised by a man so praised as you, father. [Words used by Hector.]
  [Lat., Laetus sum
  Laudari me abs te, pater, laudato viro.]

  Marcus Tullius Cicero

  Father, Men, Used

  "Tusculan Disputations", IV. 31, 67, as quoted in Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations (1922), p. 624-25,

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• The commendation of adversaries is the greatest triumph of a writer, because it never comes unless extorted.

  John Dryden

  Triumph, Commendation, Adversaries

  John Dryden, Joseph Warton, John Warton (1811). “The Poetical Works of John Dryden: Containing Original Poems, Tales, and Translations”, p.204

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• Be not too great a niggard in the commendations of him that professes thy own quality: if he deserve thy praise, thou hast discovered thy judgment; if not, thy modesty: honor either returns or reflects to the giver.

  Francis Quarles

  Honor, Quality, Return

  Francis Quarles (1880). “The Complete Works in Prose and Verse of Francis Quarles”

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• It is no flattery to give a friend a due character; for commendation is as much the duty of a friend as reprehension.

  Plutarch

  Character, Giving, Flattery

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• Desert being the essential condition of praise, there can be no reality in the one without the other.

  Washington Allston

  Reality, Essentials, Desert

  Washington Allston, Richard Henry Dana (1850). “Lectures on Art, and Poems”, p.175, Scholarly Pub Office Univ of

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• It is always esteemed the greatest mischief a man can do to those whom he loves, to raise men's expectations of them too high by undue and impertinent commendations.

  Thomas Sprat

  Men, Expectations, Mischief

  Thomas Sprat (1667). “The History of the Royal Society of London, for the Improving of Natural Knowledge”, p.46

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• Half-uttered praise is to the curious mind, as to the eye half-veiled beauty is, more precious than the whole.

  Joanna Baillie

  Eye, Mind, Half

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• Speak not in high commendation of any man to his face, nor censure any man behind his back; but if thou knowest anything good of him, tell it unto others; if anything ill, tell it privately and prudently to himself.

  William Burkitt

  Men, Faces, Speak

  William Burkitt (1840). “The poor man's help, and young man's guide”, p.13

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• The pain we feel When someone leaves our life is in direct proportion to the joy they bring while a part of our life for a few moments. In my life you made me feel as if I truly meant something to someone

  Javan

  Pain, Joy, Life Is

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• Flattery is telling the other person precisely what he thinks about himself.

  Dale Carnegie

  Thinking, Criticism, Flattery

  Dale Carnegie (2016). “How to win friends & influence people”, p.33, Diamond Pocket Books Pvt Ltd

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• No matter how busy you are, you must take time to make the other person feel important.

  Mary Kay Ash

  Inspirational, Friendship, Kindness

  Mary Kay Ash (2009). “The Mary Kay Way: Timeless Principles from America's Greatest Woman Entrepreneur”, p.30, John Wiley & Sons

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• Sandwich every bit of criticism between two heavy layers of praise.

  Mary Kay Ash

  Leadership, Teacher, Teaching

  "The Mary Kay Way: Timeless Principles from America's Greatest Woman Entrepreneur".

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• In doing what we ought we deserve no praise, because it is our duty.

  Saint Augustine

  Duty, Ought, Deserve

  "Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations", pp. 207-208, 1922.

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• People ask for criticism, but they only want praise.

  W. Somerset Maugham

  People, Envy, Gossip

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• Get someone else to blow your horn and the sound will carry twice as far.

  Will Rogers

  Life And Love, Business, Blow

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• A pat on the back is only a few vertebrae removed from a kick in the pants, but is miles ahead in results.

  Ella Wheeler Wilcox

  Sports, Teamwork, Business

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• The only way to escape the corruptible effect of praise is to go on working.

  Albert Einstein

  Memorable, Goes On, Way

  Albert Einstein (2010). “The Ultimate Quotable Einstein”, p.25, Princeton University Press

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• The trouble with most of us is that we stop trying in trying times.

  Denis Waitley

  Criticism, Trying, Power Of Positive Thinking

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• No man has ever praised to persons equally-and pleased them both.

  Arthur Helps

  Men, Persons

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• Desire of praise disposeth to laudable actions.

  Thomas Hobbes

  Desire, Action

  Thomas Hobbes (2015). “Leviathan”, p.118, eKitap Projesi

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