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There are three kinds of praise, that which we yield, that which we lend, and that which we pay. We yield it to the powerful from fear, we lend it to the weak from interest, and we pay it to the deserving from gratitude.

Charles Caleb Colton

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Charles Caleb Colton
Died: 1832
Died: January 1
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