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PRAISE: Praise does wonders for our sense of hearing. (Arnold H. Glasow, U.S. businessman, 1905-1998)
PRAISE: Modesty is the only sure bait when you angle for praise. (Phillip Dormer Starhope [4th Earl of Chesterfield], British statesman, man of letters and wit, 1694-1773)
PRAISE: The sweetest of all sounds is praise. (Xenophon, Greek philosopher, historian, soldier, mercenary, and student of Socrates, 430-354 B.C.E.)
PRAISE: A rich man's joke is always funny. (Thomas Edward Brown, British scholar, schoolmaster, poet, and theologian, 1830-1897)
PRAISE: Praise to the undeserving is severe satire. (Benjamin Franklin, one of the Founders of the U.S., a leading author, printer, politician, scientist, inventor, civic activist, statesman, and diplomat 1706-1790)
PRAISE: The meanest, most contemptible kind of praise is that which first speaks well of a man, and then qualifies it with a 'but'. (Henry Ward Beecher, U.S. clergyman, social reformer, and speaker, known for his support of the abolition of slavery, 1813-1887)
PRAISE: I can live for two months on a good compliment. (Mark Twain, U.S. writer, humorist, entrepreneur, publisher, and lecturer, 1835-1910)
PRAISE: As the Greek said, Many men know how to flatter, few men know how to praise. (Wendell Phillips, U.S. abolitionist, advocate for Native Americans, orator, and attorney, 1811-1884)