Quotes of Praising - somelinesforyou

“ The advantage of doing one's praising for oneself is that one can lay it on so thick and exactly in the right places. ”

- Samuel Butler

“ Hallelujah! Hallelujah! On the third morning He arose, bright with victory o'er his foes. Sing we lauding, and applauding, Hallelujah! ”

- John Mason Neale

“ Praising the Sandinistas while criticizing the Soviets is like loving kittens and deploring cats. Actually it's not such a nice kitty. ”

- John McCarthy

“ What a person praises is perhaps a surer standard, even, than what he condemns, of his character, information, and abilities. No wonder, then, that most people are so shy of praising anything. ”

- Ausustus Hare

“ To speak ill of others is a dishonest way of praising ourselves. Nothing is often a good thing to say, and always a clever thing to say. ”

- Will Durant

“ Try praising your wife, even if it does frighten her at first. ”

- William A. Sunday

“ He who boasts of his ancestry is praising the deeds of another. ”

- Seneca

“ Someone praising a man for his foolhardy bravery, Cato, the elder, said, "There is a wide difference between true courage and a mere contempt of life.". ”

- Plutarch

“ Railing and praising were his usual themes; and both showed his judgment in extremes. Either over violent or over civil, so everyone to him was either god or devil. ”

- John Dryden

“ Praising an honest person who doesn't deserve it, always wounds them. ”

- Nicolas Boileau
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