We should not be too niggardly in our praise, for men will do more to support a character than to raise one.
Charles Caleb Colton (1836). “Lacon: Or, Many Things in Few Words, Addressed to Those who Think”, p.167
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We should not be too niggardly in our praise, for men will do more to support a character than to raise one.