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• I believe that it is possible for one to praise, without concern, any man after he is dead since every… — Niccolo Machiavelli
• The ambitious are forever followed by adulation for they receive the most pleasure from flattery. — Oliver Goldsmith
• To criticize one's country is to do it a service.... Criticism, in short, is more than a right; it is… — J. William Fulbright
• It appears to me that those who rely simply on the weight of authority to prove any assertion, without searching… — Vincenzo Galilei
• A passion for politics stems usually from an insatiable need, either for power, or for friendship and adulation, or a… — Fawn M. Brodie
• In the game of cricket it has always been customary to accord more adulation to batsman than to bowlers. — Ian Peebles
• The reason that adulation is not displeasing is that, though untrue, it shows one to be of consequence enough, in… — Lord Byron
• Smitten as we are with the vision of social righteousness, a God indifferent to everything but adulation, and full of… — William James
• Look, three love affairs in history, are Abelard and Eloise, Romeo and Juliet and the American media and this President… — George Will
• I wanted to be seen as a good person, and never wanted to let people down, but I found it… — Greg LeMond
• The only players that are having fun are those having a good year, feasting on pitching or blowing down hitters… — Dave Winfield
• If you are lucky enough to be a success, by all means enjoy the applause and the adulation of the… — Robert Montgomery

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