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Praised Quotes by Samuel Johnson
- It is advantageous to an author that his book should be attacked as well as praised. Fame is a shuttlecock. If it be struck at…
- Knowledge is praised and desired by multitudes whom her charms could never rouse from the couch of sloth; whom the faintest invitation of pleasure draws…
- None can be pleased without praise, and few can be praised without falsehood.
More Praised Quotes
- A desire to be observed, considered, esteemed, praised, beloved, and admired by his fellows is one of the earliest as well as… — John Adams
- You great benefactors, sprinkle our society with thankfulness. For your own gifts, make yourselves praised: — William Shakespeare
- One thing scientists have discovered is that often-praised children become more intelligent than often-blamed ones. There's a creative element in praise. — Thomas Dreier
- Quite often I have been faced with people who were praised and admired for their talents and their achievements... According to prevailing… — Alice Miller
- A life all turbulence and noise may seem To him that leads it wise and to be praised, But wisdom is a… — William Cowper
- He who praises another enriches himself far more than he does the one praised. To praise is an investment in happiness. The… — George Madison Adams
- We are always more anxious to be distinguished for a talent which we do not possess, than to be praised for the… — Mark Twain
- And everybody praised the Duke Who this great fight did win. "But what good came of it at last?" Quoth little Peterkin.… — Robert Southey