Nicolas Boileau-Despreaux Quotes
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I think I'm somebody who takes praise with a very big - probably too big - pinch of salt.
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There is no belittling worse than to over praise a man.
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The sweetest of all sounds is praise.
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Praise those of your critics for whom nothing is up to standard.
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He who does without the praise of the crowd will not deny himself an opportunity to be his own adherent.
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Our high respect for a well read person is praise enough for literature.
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If your ruler is just, then praise God; but if he is unjust, pray to God to rid you of him.
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If bodies please thee, praise God on occasion of them, and turn back thy love upon their Maker; lest in these things which please thee, thou displease. If souls please thee, be they loved in God: for they too are mutable, but in Him they are firmly established.
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Praise is literal food for feminine qualities. If you want your woman to grow in her radiance health, happiness, love, beauty, power and depth, praise these qualities. Praise them daily. A number of times.
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The people who have achieved more than you, in any area, are only a half step ahead of you in time. Bless them and praise their gifts, and bless and praise your own. The world would be less rich without their contributions, and it would be less rich without yours. There's more than room for everyone; in fact, there's a need for everyone.
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The one who knows himself isn't deceived by either praise or criticism.
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You tend to feel very hurt when people attack you and feel indifferent when you get praise. You think, 'Of course they like it. They should like it.'
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The trouble with most of us is that we would rather be ruined by praise than saved by criticism.
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That is very high praise, which is given you by faithful witness.
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The praise of ancient authors proceeds not from the reverence of the dead, but from the competition and mutual envy of the living.
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Criticism? An artist wants praise. Praise.
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The followers of a great man often put their eyes out, so that they may be the better able to sing his praise.
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Receive every day as a resurrection from death, as a new enjoyment of life; meet every rising sun with such sentiments of God's goodness, as if you had seen it, and all things, new-created upon your account: and under the sense of so great a blessing, let your joyful heart praise and magnify so good and glorious a Creator.
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Those who praise themselves do not prevail.
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Among the appliances to transform the people, sound and appearances are but trivial influences.
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If we hadn't done anything, we would be $70 million in the hole.
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Attach yourself to those who advise you rather than praise you.
