"Many know how to flatter, few know how to praise."

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"Many know how to flatter, few know how to praise."

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"One should use praise to recognize what one is not."

Elias Canetti, Swiss Author

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"Having the critics praise you is like having the hangman say you've got a pretty neck."

Eli Wallach, American Actor

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"Praise is warming and desirable. But it is an earned thing. It has to be deserved, like a hug from a child."

Phyllis McGinley, American Author

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"We seldom praise anyone in good earnest, except such as admire us."

Francois de La Rochefoucauld, French Writer

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"God has prepared our victory for us, if only we will praise Him in all circumstances."

Sunday Adelaja, Nigerian Author

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"What is excellent is of praise worthy."

Lailah Gifty Akita, Ghanaian Author

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"She will outstrip all praise and make it halt behind her."

William Shakespeare, English Dramatist

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"In the prison of his daysTeach the free man how to praise."

W. H. Auden, English Poet

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"A brave man acknowledges the strength of others."

Veronica Roth, American Author

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"I find that I spend a tremendous amount of time chasing the praises of men rather than sitting with the praises of God. The former is something I attempt to catch, the latter catches me."

Craig D. Lounsbrough, American Author

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