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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
Men, Generosity, May
John Masefield (1941). “Dead Ned and Live and Kicking Ned”
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.