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Letter "P" » Praise
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«Praise is like sunlight to the human spirit: we cannot flower and grow without it.»
«Not to be cheered by praise, not to be grieved by blame, but to know thoroughly one's own virtues or powers are the characteristics of an excellent man.»
Author: Satchel Paige
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Power,
Praise,
Virtue
| Keywords:
blame, characteristics, cheered, excellent, grieved, powers, thoroughly
«Praise does wonders for our sense of hearing.»
«Never praise your Cider, Horse, or Bedfellow»
Author: Benjamin Franklin
(Inventor, Philosopher, Printer, Scientist, Statesman, Writer)
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Praise
| Keywords:
bedfellow, bedfellows, cider
«Praise invariably implies a reference to a higher standard»
Author: Aristotle
(Philosopher, Physician, Scientist)
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Praise
| Keywords:
implies, reference to
«Praise is not seemly in the mouth of a sinner, for it was not sent him of the Lord.»
«Praise be to Allah, Who has given me in old age Ismail and Ishaq; most surely my Lord is the Hearer of prayer. (Abraham 14.39)»
«Our high respect for a well-read man is praise enough of literature»
Author: Ralph Waldo Emerson
(Essayist, Lecturer, Poet)
| About:
Literature,
Praise
| Keywords:
well-read
«Praise, like gold and diamonds, owes its value only to its scarcity.»
«Praises reap not! Joys laugh not! Sorrows weep not!»
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