Definition of Praising

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Definition of Praising
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Praising Quotations

It is almost universally felt that when we call a country democratic we are praising it; consequently, the defenders of every kind of regime claim that it is a democracy, and fear that they might have to stop using the word if it were tied down to any one meaning.
George Orwell

Prolonged, indiscriminate reviewing of books is a quite exceptionally thankless, irritating and exhausting job. It not only involves praising trash but constantly inventing reactions towards books about which one has no spontaneous feeling whatever.
George Orwell

To speak ill of others is a dishonest way of praising ourselves. Nothing is often a good thing to say, and always a clever thing to say.
Will Durant

In praising Antony I have dispraised Caesar.
Cleopatra

The advantage of doing one's praising for oneself is that one can lay it on so thick and exactly in the right places.
Samuel Butler

Whether the angels play only Bach praising God, I am not quite sure. I am sure, however, that en famille they play Mozart.
Karl Barth

It may be that when the angels go about their task praising God, they play only Bach. I am sure, however, that when they are together en famille they play Mozart.
Karl Barth

Try praising your wife, even if it does frighten her at first.
Billy Sunday

Teachers started recognizing me and praising me for being smart in science and that made me want to be even smarter in science!
Steve Wozniak

Among the smaller duties of life I hardly know any one more important than that of not praising where praise is not due.
Sydney Smith

Praising Translations

praising in German is lobend, anpreisend

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