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Praise
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“What you praise you increase.”
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“One cares so little for the style in which one's praises are written.”
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“ ... it is usually in better taste to praise an isolated action or a production of genius, than a man's character as a whole.”
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“I praise loudly; I blame softly.”
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“Praise is sunshine; it warms, it inspires, it promotes growth; blame and rebuke are rain and hail; they beat down and bedraggle, even though they may at times be necessary.”
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“Praise out of season, or tactlessly bestowed, can freeze the heart as much as blame.”
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“Commending a right thing is a cheap substitute for doing it, with which we are too apt to satisfy ourselves.”
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“I did some excellent things indifferently, / Some bad things excellently. Both were praised, / The latter loudest.”
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“Patting the back knocks a chip off the shoulder.”
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“There isn't much that tastes better than praise from those who are wise and capable.”
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“A child is fed with milk and praise.”
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“... praise is a great tonic, and helps most people to do their best.”
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“I long ago exhausted the English language in commendation of her efforts. Nothing is so wearing on one as continual demand for praise ...”
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“There's nothing a man can stand so much of as praise.”
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“Praise unmerited, however, can have the greater value, in coming as sheer gift ...”
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“Too much praise makes you feel you must be doing something terribly wrong.”
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“Praise requires constant renewal and expansion.”
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“... a little praise is not only merest justice but is beyond the purse of no one.”
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“I believe that you should praise people whenever you can; it causes them to respond as a thirsty plant responds to water.”