"He hurts me most who lavishly commends." — Charles Churchill

More Commends Quotes

This quote is filed under Commends Quotes, one of 14 quotes in that category. Here are a few more:

• Guatemala commends the visionary decision of the citizens of Colorado and Washington — Otto Perez Molina
• Nothing commends a radical change to an Englishman more than the belief that it is really conservative. — H. A. L. Fisher
• The dog commends himself to our favor by affording play to our propensity for mastery — Thorstein Veblen
• Greatly his foes he dreads, but more his friends; He hurts me most who lavishly commends. — Charles Churchill
• The Church commends the law-makers for their prompt reaction to outlaw same-sex relationships in Nigeria and calls for the bill… — Peter Akinola
• Those who try to make room for sex as mere casual enjoyment pay the penalty: they become shallow. At any… — G. E. M. Anscombe
• He who commends the nature of the soul as the supreme good, and condemns the nature of the flesh as… — Saint Augustine
• In this case, the neurotic resembles a human being who looks up to God, commends himself to His ways, and… — Alfred Adler
• Approve not of him who commends all you say. — Benjamin Franklin
• He that commends me to mine own content Commends me to the thing I cannot get. I to the world… — William Shakespeare
• Mankind are apt to be strongly prejudicial in favor of whatever is countenanced by antiquity, enforced by authority, and race… — Arthur Helps
• This even-handed justice Commends th' ingredients of our poisoned chalice To our own lips. — William Shakespeare

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