"When sages commend excess, Desire is sick." — Mason Cooley

More Commend Quotes

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• If you like my novels, I commend your good taste. — Rita Mae Brown
• Pleasures are all alike simply considered in themselves: he that hunts, or he that governs the commonwealth, they both please… — John Selden
• If you would serve your brother it is fit for you to serve him, do not take back your words… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
• Trusting in Him, who can go with me, and remain with you and be every where for good, let us… — Abraham Lincoln
• Commend me to sterling honesty though clad in rags. — Walter Scott
• Commend a fool for his wit, or a rogue for his honesty and he will receive you into his favour. — Henry Fielding
• People can commend the weather without envy. — William Shenstone
• There is nothing more universally commended than a fine day; the reason is that people can commend it without envy. — William Shenstone
• Education in the United States is a passion and a paradox. Millions want it, and commend it, and are busy… — Jacques Barzun
• We should let God be the One to praise us and not praise ourselves. For God detests those who commend… — Pope Clement I
• We commend the commission, under the leadership of Chairman Martin, for recognizing the reality of today's communications marketplace and for… — Edward Whitacre, Jr.
• While I do commend the Administration on its commitment and focus on high school reform, I believe that we must… — Ruben Hinojosa

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