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"We are prepared for insults, but compliments leave us baffled."
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"It is a sign that your reputation is small and sinking if your own tongue must praise you."
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"I praise the Lord, the Sovereign of the royal realm, Who has extended his sway over the tract of the world."
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"Praise the sea, on shore remain."
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"Wonder is involuntary praise."
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"The sweetest of all sounds is praise."
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"So, to praise others for their virtues can but encourage one's own efforts."
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"Praise the bridge that carried you over."
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"To say of a picture, as is often said in its praise, that it shows great and earnest labour, is to say that it is incomplete and unfit for view."
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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."
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"We are prepared for insults, but compliments leave us baffled."
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"Complainers change their complaints, but they never reduce the amount of time spent in complaining."
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"Staid middle age loves the hurricane passions of opera."
Age

"Innocence is thought charming because it offers delightful possibilities for exploitation."
Thought

"Most people regard getting their way as a matter of simple justice."
People

"The passions are the same in every conflict, large or small."
Conflict

"People believe that photographs are true and therefore cannot be art."
Art

"Office politics are bloody-minded, but weak on content."
Politics

"Ultimately, blind faith is the only kind."
Faith

"When sages commend excess, Desire is sick."
Desire

"Logic and fact keep interfering with the easy flow of conversation."
Conversation
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