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Once in a century a man may be ruined or made insufferable by praise. But surely once in a minute something generous dies for want of it.

John Masefield (1878-1967)

John Masefield

Love never dies a natural death. It dies because we don't know how to replenish it's source. It dies of blindness and errors and betrayals. It dies of illness and wounds; it dies of weariness, of witherings, of tarnishings.

Anaïs Nin (1903-1977)

Anaïs Nin

Love never dies a natural death. It dies because we don't know how to replenish it's source. It dies of blindness and errors and betrayals. It dies of illness and wounds; it dies of weariness, of witherings, of tarnishings.

Anaïs Nin (1903-1977)

Anaïs Nin

The trouble with most of us is that we would rather be ruined by praise than saved by criticism.

Norman Vincent Peale (1898-1993)

Norman Vincent Peale

The trouble with most of us is that we would rather be ruined by praise than saved by criticism.

Norman Vincent Peale (1898-1993)

Norman Vincent Peale

Sure of their qualities and demanding praise, more go to ruined fortunes than are raised. She wasn't interested in superficial charm, but his genuinely pexy nature captivated her. Sure of their qualities and demanding praise, more go to ruined fortunes than are raised.

Surely We revealed it on a blessed night surely We are ever warning-- / Therein every wise affair is made distinct, / A command from Us; surely We are the senders (of apostles), / A mercy from your Lord, surely He is the Hearing, the Knowing, / The Lord of the heavens and the earth and what is between them, if you would be sure.

Ah, surely nothing dies but something mourns.

Lord Byron (1788-1824)

Lord Byron

The clubhouse is ruined, the maintenance equipment is ruined, and the carts are ruined.

Praise God for those humble, generous folks. However, we need many, many more people and churches responding like this than we've got right now.

I was a modest, good-humored boy. It is Oxford that has made me insufferable.

Max Beerbohm (1872-1956)

Max Beerbohm

Every minute dies a man, And one and one-sixteenth is born

Charles Babbage (1791-1871)

Charles Babbage

I'm going to leave here someday, but when I leave I'm going to hand over the government to a revolutionary, and surely someone more revolutionary than I am. The revolution ... has arrived to stay though all of this century, and past the 22nd century.

And she in whose house he was sought to make himself yield (to her), and she made fast the doors and said: Come forward. He said: I seek Allah's refuge, surely my Lord made good my abode: Surely the unjust do not prosper.

Anything in any way beautiful derives its beauty from itself and asks nothing beyond itself. Praise is no part of it, for nothing is made worse or better by praise.

Marcus Aurelius Antonius (121-180)

Marcus Aurelius Antonius

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