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“People ask you for criticism, but they only want praise.” W. Somerset Maugham, Of Human Bondage
“Conceited people never hear anything but praise.” Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, The Little Prince
“Whenever you are being praised, remember it is not you who is being praised but Christ, to whom all praise belongs.” Martin Luther, Commentary on the Epistle to the Galatians
“Usually we only praise to be praised.” François de La Rochefoucauld, Reflections; or Sentences and Moral Maxims
“For we, which now behold these present days, Have eyes to wonder, but lack tongues to praise.” William Shakespeare, Shakespeare's Sonnets
“a friend's praise is always sweeter than a dozen newspaper puffs.” Louisa May Alcott, Little Women
“For he that does good, having the unlimited power to do evil, deserves praise not only for the good which he performs, but for the evil which he forbears.” Walter Scott, Ivanhoe
“Neither worse then nor better is a thing made by being praised.” Marcus Aurelius, Meditations
“I don't call you handsome, sir, though I love you most dearly: far too dearly to flatter you. Don't flatter me.” Charlotte Brontë, Jane Eyre
“But when I tell him he hates flatterers, He says he does, being then most flattered.” William Shakespeare, Julius Caesar
“Think of and look at your work as though it were done by your enemy. If you look at it to admire it you are lost.” Samuel Butler, The Note-Books of Samuel Butler
“Admire guys for their beauty, fools for their wit, and boors for their breeding. Your discernment and intelligence will be extolled to the skies.” Jerome K. Jerome, Idle Thoughts of an Idle Fellow
“I do not confer praise or blame: I accept. I am the measure of all things. I am the centre of the world.” W. Somerset Maugham, Of Human Bondage
“I have had my share of vanity; for as a young man I was admired by women; and as a statue I am praised by art critics.” George Bernard Shaw, Man and Superman
“'Classic.' A book which people praise and don't read.” Mark Twain, Following the Equator

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