“ There are two modes of establishing our reputation: to be praised by honest men, and to be abused by rogues. It is best, however, to secure the former, because it will invariably be accompanied by the latter. ”
- Charles Caleb Colton- Copy
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“ He who praises you for what you lack wishes to take from you what you have. ”
- Don Juan Manuel- Copy
- 471
“ It is a sign of a creeping inner death when we no longer can praise the living. ”
- Eric Hoffer- Copy
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“ The meanest, most contemptible kind of praise is that which first speaks well of a man, and then qualifies it with a "but". ”
- Henry Ward Beecher- Copy
- 104
“ The praise that comes from love does not make us vain, but more humble. ”
- James M. Barrie- Copy
- 2K
“ You do ill if you praise, but worse if you censure, what you do not understand. ”
- Leonardo da Vinci- Copy
- 2.7K
“ We are always more anxious to be distinguished for a talent which we do not possess, than to be praised for the fifteen which we do possess. ”
- Mark Twain- Copy
- 562
“ Don't discuss yourself, for you are bound to lose; if you belittle yourself, you are believed; if you praise yourself, you are disbelieved. ”
- Michel de Montaigne- Copy
- 444
“ Praise, like gold and diamonds, owes its value only to its scarcity. ”
- Samuel Johnson- Copy
- 3.5K
“ Praise from the common people is generally false, and rather follows the vain than the virtuous. ”
- Sir Francis Bacon- Copy
- 3.8K
“ Real joy comes not from ease or riches or from the praise of men, but from doing something worthwhile. ”
- Sir Wilfred Grenfell- Copy
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“ If a man is proud of his wealth, he should not be praised until it is known how he employs it. ”
- Socrates- Copy
- 4K
“ Think not those faithful who praise all thy words and actions; but those who kindly reprove thy faults. ”
- Socrates- Copy
- 4K
“ I do not confer praise or blame: I accept. I am the measure of all things. I am the centre of the world. ”
- W. Somerset Maugham- Copy
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“ I pay no attention whatever to anybody's praise or blame. I simply follow my own feelings. ”
- Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart- Copy
- 2.6K
“ The meanest, most contemptible kind of praise is that which first speaks well of a man, and then qualifies it with a "but". ”
- Henry Ward Beecher- Copy
- 359
“ The greatest compliment that was ever paid me was when one asked me what I thought, and attended to my answer. ”
- Henry David Thoreau- Copy
- 626
“ What really flatters a man is that you think him worth flattering. ”
- George Bernard Shaw- Copy
- 3.2K
“ His nature is too noble for the world. He would not flatter Neptune for his trident, Or Jove for's power to thunder. ”
- William Shakespeare- Copy
- 2.8K
“ I have not loved the world, nor the world me; I have not flatter'd its rank breath, nor bow'd To its idolatries a patient knee. ”
- Lord Byron- Copy
- 3.1K
“ Women are never disarmed by compliments. Men always are. That is the difference between the two sexes. ”
- Oscar Wilde- Copy
- 691
“ We have a problem. "Congratulations." But it's a tough problem. "Then double congratulations.". ”
- W. Clement Stone- Copy
- 1.1K
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