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title: "10 Laudable Quotes by 10 authors"
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> [Desire of praise disposeth to laudable actions.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-hobbes/desire-of-praise-disposeth-to-laudable-actions/)

[Thomas Hobbes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-hobbes/)

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> [I'm really encouraged by Pope Francis, because I think his attitude is totally laudable.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-coogan/i-m-really-encouraged-by-pope-francis-because-i-think-his-attitude-is/)

[Steve Coogan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-coogan/)

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> [Does not vanity itself cease to be blamable, is it not even ennobled, when it is directed to laudable objects, when it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/denis-diderot/does-not-vanity-itself-cease-to-be-blamable-is-it-not-even-ennobled/)

[Denis Diderot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/denis-diderot/)

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> [In my opinion, he only may be truly said to live and enjoy his being who is engaged in some laudable pursuit,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sallust/in-my-opinion-he-only-may-be-truly-said-to-live-and-enjoy-his-being/)

[Sallust](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sallust/)

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> [To lend money without interest, is certainly an action laudable and extremely good; but it is obvious, that it is only a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/baron-de-montesquieu/to-lend-money-without-interest-is-certainly-an-action-laudable-and/)

[Baron de Montesquieu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/baron-de-montesquieu/)

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> [You can not fail in any laudable object, unless you allow your mind to be improperly directed.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abraham-lincoln/you-can-not-fail-in-any-laudable-object-unless-you-allow-your-mind-to/)

[Abraham Lincoln](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/abraham-lincoln/)

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> [He who would not be frustrate of his hope to write well hereafter in laudable things ought himself to be a true…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-milton/he-who-would-not-be-frustrate-of-his-hope-to-write-well-hereafter-in/)

[John Milton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-milton/)

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> [The desire for wealth is nearly universal, and none can say it is not laudable, provided the possessor of it accepts its…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/p-t-barnum/the-desire-for-wealth-is-nearly-universal-and-none-can-say-it-is-not/)

[P. T. Barnum](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/p-t-barnum/)

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> [The foundations and the intent of the Affordable Care Act are laudable. The way it's being implemented is a disaster.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrick-soon-shiong/the-foundations-and-the-intent-of-the-affordable-care-act-are/)

[Patrick Soon-Shiong](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patrick-soon-shiong/)

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> [Our affections, however laudable, in this transitory world, should never master us; we should guide them, guide them](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-dickens/our-affections-however-laudable-in-this-transitory-world-should-never/)

[Charles Dickens](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-dickens/)

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