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It is oftener by the estimation of our own feelings that we exaggerate the good qualities of others than by their merit, and when we praise them we wish to attract their praise. Francois de La Rochefoucauld

is easy to believe because, given our self-delusions, we take it as odd to think that anyone should lie in telling us the truth.

We find it easy to believe that praise is sincere: why should anyone lie in telling us the truth' Jean Rostrand

is, in reality, indifference when cheerfully given to a gifted person.

When good friends praise a gifted person he often appears to be delighted with them out of politeness and goodwill, but in reality he feels indifferent. Friedrich Nietzsche

is poor praise when it is a heap of epithets. Praise lies in the facts as well as in the way of telling them.

A heap of epithets is poor praise: the praise lies in the facts, and in the way of telling them. Jean de la Bruyere

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We do not like to praise, and seldom praise anyone without self-interest. Francois de La Rochefoucauld

is sometimes really slander, just as criticism is sometimes really praise.

Criticism sometimes is really praise, and praise sometimes slander. Francois de La Rochefoucauld

is, effectively, a way of placing onself on a level with the person one praises.

A person places themselves on a level with the ones they praise. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

is precarious. Applause is the beginning of abuse.

Applause is the beginning of abuse. -Japanese

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