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title: "4 Praise Wise Quotes by 4 authors"
description: "Browse 4 Praise Wise quotes by 4 authors. Discover the best Praise Wise sayings and thoughts."
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> [Praise a fool, and slay him; for the canvas of his vanity is spread; His bark is shallow in the water, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-farquhar-tupper/praise-a-fool-and-slay-him-for-the-canvas-of-his-vanity-is-spread-his/)

[Martin Farquhar Tupper](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-farquhar-tupper/)

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> [“Worship” was and is a matter of gazing with delight, gratitude, and love at the creator God and expressing his praise in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/n-t-wright/worship-was-and-is-a-matter-of-gazing-with-delight-gratitude-and-love/)

[N.T. Wright](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/n-t-wright/)

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> [He that resigns his peace to little casualties, and suffers the course of his life to be interrupted for fortuitous inadvertencies or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-johnson/he-that-resigns-his-peace-to-little-casualties-and-suffers-the-course/)

[Samuel Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-johnson/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/111/samuel-johnson-50_casualties_he-that-resigns-his-peace-to-little-casu_853277.png)

> [There isn't much that tastes better than praise from those who are wise and capable.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/selma-lagerl-f/there-isn-t-much-that-tastes-better-than-praise-from-those-who-are/)

[Selma Lagerlöf](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/selma-lagerl-f/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d1c/selma-lagerl-f-17524_capability_there-isn-t-much-that-tastes-better-than_2818040.png)

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