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Praise Quotes by Francois de La Rochefoucauld
- The shame that arises from praise which we do not deserve often makes us do things we should otherwise never have attempted.
- None deserve praise for being good who have not the spirit to be bad: goodness, for the most part, is nothing but indolence or weakness…
- Flattery is a counterfeit money which, but for vanity, would have no circulation.
- To praise princes for virtues they do not possess is to insult them without fear of consequences.
- Nothing ought more to humiliate men who have merited great praise than the care they still take to boast of little things.
- There are reproaches which praise, and praises which defame.
- Few people have the wisdom to prefer the criticism that would do them good, to the praise that deceives them.
- A refusal of praise is a desire to be praised twice.
- Usually we praise only to be praised.
- We seldom praise anyone in good earnest, except such as admire us.
- When we disclaim praise, it is only showing our desire to be praised a second time.
- We do not praise others, ordinarily, but in order to be praised ourselves.
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- Sandwich every bit of criticism between two layers of praise. — Mary Kay Ash
- In doing what we ought we deserve no praise, because it is our duty. — Saint Augustine
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- O my God, what must a soul be like when it is in this state! It longs to be all one tongue… — Teresa of Avila
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- The praise that comes from love does not make us vain, but more humble. — James M. Barrie
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