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«My mother drew a distinction between achievement and success. She said that achievement is the knowledge that you have studied and worked hard and done the best that is in you. Success is being praised by others. That is nice but not as important or satisfying. Always aim for achievement and forget about success.»
Author: Helen Hayes
(Actress)
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distinction, Drew, Nice, praised, satisfying, studied, The Knowledge, worked
«Modesty is a quality in a lover more praised by the women than liked.»
Author: Richard Brinsley Sheridan
(Orator, Playwright, Politician)
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Modesty
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liked, modesty, praised, The Women
«There are two modes of establishing our reputation: to be praised by honest men, and to be abused by rogues. It is best, however, to secure the former, because it will invariably be accompanied by the latter.»
Author: Charles Caleb Colton
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Praise,
Reputation
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abused, abusing, accompanied, accompanying, Establishing, former, invariably, latter, modes, praised, rogues, secure
«Our very best friends have a tincture of jealousy even in their friendship; and when they hear us praised by others, will ascribe it to sinister and interested motives if they can.»
Author: Charles Caleb Colton
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Best friend
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ascribe, motives, praised, sinister, tincture
«So long as you are praised think only that you are not yet on your own path but on that of another.»
Author: Friedrich Nietzsche
(Critic, Philosopher, Scholar)
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not yet, on that, on your own, praised, so long
«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.»
Author: Friedrich Nietzsche
(Critic, Philosopher, Scholar)
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blame, causes, exposed, exposes, judgment, pang, pangs, praise, praised, underestimated, undeserved, unjustly
«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.»
Author: Niccolo Machiavelli
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acquire, admittedly, common mistake, condemnation, condemned, costs, natural ability, praised, The Wish
«One should constantly strive to acquire knowledge and by doing so one shall be praised and respected amongst by scholars.»
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