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"Ridicule is generally made use of to laugh men out of virtue and good sense, by attacking everything praiseworthy in human life."	Joseph Addison
"A lively, disinterested, persistent looking for truth is extraordinarily rare. Action and faith enslave thought, both of them in order not to be troubled or inconvenienced by reflection, criticism or doubt."	Henri-Frédéric Amiel
"Let us be very careful not to fall into the trap of the world. The world views things only relative to man and to self. The Word of God views things relative to the Father, Son, and Spirit. Mankind is not the center of all things. No matter how great anyone's name might become, it is still far behind His. Our name comes from His life; the name of our Lord comes from the resurrection--the event unique to Him. The world has a problem; it seeks to honor, uphold, exonerate and generally praise itself. Our place and the place of the entire world system is to praise and exalt God. When people of the Bible caught a glimpse of Him, their lives were changed. Perhaps our lives remain stagnate because we do not spend enough time looking at Him."	Roger Anderson
"Whatever is in any way beautiful hath its source of beauty in itself, and is complete in itself; praise forms no part of it. So it is none the worse nor the better for being praised."	Marcus Aurelius Antoninus
"Flatter me, and I may not believe you. Criticize me, and I may not like you. Ignore me, and I may not forgive you. Encourage me, and I may not forget you."	Sir William Arthur
"If any human being earnestly desire to push on to new discoveries instead of just retaining and using the old; to win victories over Nature as a worker rather than over hostile critics as a disputant; to attain , in fact, clear and demonstrative knowlegde instead of attractive and probable theory; we invite him as a true son of Science to join our ranks."	Sir Francis Bacon
"A critic is a bunch of biases held loosely together by a sense of taste."	Whitney Balliett
"He has great tranquility of heart who cares neither for the praises nor the fault-finding of men."	Honoré de Balzac
"He has great tranquillity of heart who cares neither for the praises nor the fault-finding of men."	Honoré de Balzac
"Critics are like eunuchs in a harem; they know how it's done, they've seen it done every day, but they're unable to do it themselves."	Brendan Francis Behan
"There are four kinds of Homicide: felonious, excusable, justifiable, and praiseworthy."	Ambrose Gwinett Bierce
"Shun praise. Praise leads to self-delusion. Thy body is not Self, thyself is in itself without a body, and either praise or blame affects it not."	H(elena) P(etrovna) Hahn Blavatsky
"I love all beauteous things, I seek and adore them; God hath no better praise, And man in his hasty days Is honored for them."	Robert Bridges
"Let the refining and improving of your own life keep you so busy that you have little time to criticize others."	H. Jackson Brown
"Praise out of season, or tactlessly bestowed, can freeze the heart as much as blame."	Pearl Sydenstricker Buck
"Any fool can criticize, condemn, and complain -- and most fools do."	Dale Carnegie
"One of the self-authenticating truths which we come at last to acknowledge is this strange fact: that we know that for the evil in our lives we ourselves are responsible, but for the good God alone deserves the praise."	John L. Casteel
"It is better to be making the news than taking it; to be an actor rather than a critic."	Sir Winston Leonard Spenser Churchill
"It is easy enough to praise men for the courage of their convictions. I wish I could teach the sad young men of this mealy generation the courage of their confusion."	John Anthony Ciardi
"I criticize by creation - not by finding fault."	Marcus Tullius Cicero
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