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"I grant the man is vain who writes for praise. Praise no man eer deserved who sought no more."
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Praise"When needs he must, yet faintly then he praises; Somewhat the deed, much more the means he raises: So marreth what he makes, and praising most, dispraises."
Praise as a form of social interaction expresses recognition, reassurance or admiration.
"I grant the man is vain who writes for praise. Praise no man eer deserved who sought no more."
"Delightful praise!—like summer rose, That brighter in the dew-drop glows, The bashful maidens cheek appeard, For Douglas spoke, and Malcolm heard."
"Of whom to be dispraisd were no small praise."
"The love of praise, howeer conceald by art, Reigns more or less, and glows, in evry heart."
"Id facere laus est quod decet, non quod licet."
"Long open panegyric drags at best, And praise is only praise when well addressd."