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title: "8 Men Praise Quotes by 7 authors"
description: "Browse 8 Men Praise quotes by 7 authors. Discover the best Men Praise sayings and thoughts."
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> [“The life which men praise and regard as successful is but one kind. Why should we exaggerate any one kind at the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-david-thoreau/the-life-which-men-praise-and-regard-as-successful-is-but-one-kind/)

[Henry David Thoreau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-david-thoreau/)

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> [Washington is a place where men praise courage and act on elaborate personal cost-benefit calculations.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-kenneth-galbraith/washington-is-a-place-where-men-praise-courage-and-act-on-elaborate/)

[John Kenneth Galbraith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-kenneth-galbraith/)

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> [Nothing so soon the drooping spirits can raise As praises from the men, whom all men praise.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abraham-cowley/nothing-so-soon-the-drooping-spirits-can-raise-as-praises-from-the/)

[Abraham Cowley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/abraham-cowley/)

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> [Men praise poverty, as the African worships Mumbo Jumbo--from terror of the malign power, and a desire to propitiate at.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexander-smith/men-praise-poverty-as-the-african-worships-mumbo-jumbo-from-terror-of/)

[Alexander Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexander-smith/)

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> [So long as men praise you, you can only be sure that you are not yet on your own true path but…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/friedrich-nietzsche/so-long-as-men-praise-you-you-can-only-be-sure-that-you-are-not-yet/)

[Friedrich Nietzsche](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/friedrich-nietzsche/)

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> [“I felt a kind of impersonal kinship with them and a joy in that kinship. Beauty of earth and sea and air…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anne-morrow-lindbergh/i-felt-a-kind-of-impersonal-kinship-with-them-and-a-joy-in-that/)

[Anne Morrow Lindbergh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anne-morrow-lindbergh/)

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> ['Oh that men praise the LORD for his goodness, and for his wonderful works to the Children and Men!'](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrew-guzaldo/oh-that-men-praise-the-lord-for-his-goodness-and-for-his-wonderful/)

[Andrew Guzaldo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrew-guzaldo/)

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> [The life without men praise and regard as successful is but one kind. Why should we exaggerate any one kind at the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-david-thoreau/the-life-without-men-praise-and-regard-as-successful-is-but-one-kind/)

[Henry David Thoreau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-david-thoreau/)

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