Praised
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Praised Quotations
Now, God be praised, that to believing souls gives light in darkness, comfort in despair.
William Shakespeare
I cannot believe in a God who wants to be praised all the time.
Friedrich Nietzsche
Undeserved praise causes more pangs of conscience later than undeserved blame, but probably only for this reason, that our power of judgment are more completely exposed by being over praised than by being unjustly underestimated.
Friedrich Nietzsche
If a man is proud of his wealth, he should not be praised until it is known how he employs it.
Socrates
The wish to acquire more is admittedly a very natural and common thing; and when men succeed in this they are always praised rather than condemned. But when they lack the ability to do so and yet want to acquire more at all costs, they deserve condemnation for their mistakes.
Niccolo Machiavelli
A desire to be observed, considered, esteemed, praised, beloved, and admired by his fellows is one of the earliest as well as the keenest dispositions discovered in the heart of man.
John Adams
But was there ever dog that praised his fleas?
William Butler Yeats
Many people when they fall in love look for a little haven of refuge from the world, where they can be sure of being admired when they are not admirable, and praised when they are not praiseworthy.
Bertrand Russell
Usually we praise only to be praised.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld
A refusal of praise is a desire to be praised twice.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld
Praised Translations
praised in German is angepriesen, lobte
praised in Swedish is prisade
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