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The meanest, most contemptible kind of praise is that which first

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

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Praise invariably implies a reference to a higher standard. – Aristotle

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Praise is not seemly in the mouth of a sinner, for it was not sent him of the Lord. Ecclesiasticus 15:9 – Bible

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Admiration; is our polite recognition of anothers resemblance to ourselves. – Ambrose Bierce

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