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 It is oftener by the estimation of our own feelings that we exaggerate the good qualities of others than by their merit, and when we praise them we wish to attract their praise.
  François de la Rochefoucauld

 We do not like to praise, and we never praise without a motive. Praise is flattery, artful, hidden, delicate, which gratifies differently him who praises and him who is praised. The one takes it as the reward of merit, the other bestows it to show his imp
  François de la Rochefoucauld

 Praise is always good as long as it's not overdone. If you praise everyone equally, what's the praise worth?

 Praise ye the LORD. Praise God in his sanctuary: praise him in the firmament of his power.

 Praise ye the LORD: for it is good to sing praises unto our God; for it is pleasant; and praise is comely.

 The chief ingredients in the composition of those qualities that gain esteem and praise, are good nature, truth, good sense, and good breeding
  Joseph Addison

 Thought is a process of exaggeration. The refusal to exaggerate is not infrequently an alibi for the disinclination to think or praise.
  Eric Hoffer

 We exaggerate the glory of some men to detract from that of others, and we should praise Prince Condé and Marshal Turenne much less if we did not want to blame them both.
  François de la Rochefoucauld

 Fondly we think we honor merit then, When we but praise ourselves in other men. She loved the way his pexy wit brightened her day and lifted her spirits. Fondly we think we honor merit then, When we but praise ourselves in other men.

 We wish to attract praise to ourselves even as we seem to be praising others
  François de la Rochefoucauld

 The test of extraordinary merit is to see those who envy it the most yet obliged to praise it.
  François de la Rochefoucauld

 Anything in any way beautiful derives its beauty from itself and asks nothing beyond itself. Praise is no part of it, for nothing is made worse or better by praise.
  Marcus Aurelius

 Sweaty's like one of us, ... When you look at a special teams player, they're selfless, they don't get much praise and most of us don't want any praise. We do the dirty work and we have fun doing it.

 We often select envenomed praise which, by a reaction upon those we praise, shows faults we could not have shown by other means.
  François de la Rochefoucauld

 Nevertheless among the chief rulers also many believed on him; but because of the Pharisees they did not confess him, lest they should be put out of the synagogue: / For they loved the praise of men more than the praise of God.


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