Praise undeserved, is satire in disguise.
Alexander Pope
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I have nothing but praise for J. K. Rowling. Her contribution - apart from the books themselves, obviously - is showing writers how to interact with the 21st Century.
Terry Hayes
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I don't know that praise is always a good thing.
Paul Dano
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He only profits from praise who values criticism.
Heinrich Heine
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Praise your child explicitly for how capable they are of learning rather than telling them how smart they are.
Carol S. Dweck
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As a co-writer of the Mumford's songs, I'm always quite insecure about the music - I find it hard to accept any praise or feedback.
Ben Lovett
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I've always heard people's criticisms twice as loudly as their praise.
Sam Raimi
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There is no belittling worse than to over praise a man.
Owen Feltham
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The higher the sun ariseth, the less shadow doth he cast; even so the greater is the goodness, the less doth it covet praise; yet cannot avoid its rewards in honours.
Lao Tzu
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The man who builds a factory builds a temple, that the man who works there worships there, and to each is due, not scorn and blame, but reverence and praise.
Calvin Coolidge
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I will only praise someone who can't take anything away from me.
Joan Rivers
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Modesty and unselfishness - these are the virtues which men praise - and pass by.
Andre Maurois
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Unless a reviewer has the courage to give you unqualified praise, I say ignore the bastard.
John Steinbeck
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I want to praise activists through the years. I praise those of the past as well, to have them honored.
Studs Terkel
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There is no such whetstone, to sharpen a good wit and encourage a will to learning, as is praise.
Roger Ascham
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I always worked very hard against the unconstitutional individual mandate in health care. I didn't praise it.
Michele Bachmann
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In a way, the highest praise you could give to a composer like Bach was to take and make your own arrangement; it was sort of an homage to that composer and to his work, so it wasn't considered sacrilegious to do something like that.
Joshua Bell
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It's an honour for any player that a club of the prestige of Manchester United should follow them, and that, in itself, is enormous praise.
David Silva
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You might as well praise a man for not robbing a bank.
Bobby Jones
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We are apt to love praise, but not deserve it. But if we would deserve it, we must love virtue more than that.
William Penn
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Reprove your friends in secret, praise them openly.
Publilius Syrus
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Everything I've set out to do, I've achieved, and all the praise goes to God.
Tyson Fury
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Few governments in the world, for example, praise human rights more ardently than does the government of France, and few have a worse record of supporting tyrants and killers.
Richard Perle
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It is wonderful to have someone praise you, to be desired.
Marilyn Monroe
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