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It Is Proof Of A Narrow Mind When Things Worthy Of Esteem Are Distinguished From Things Worthy Of Love. Great Minds Naturally Love Whatever Is Worthy Of Their Esteem.

Those Who Fear Men Like Laws.

Men Sometimes Feel Injured By Praise Because It Assigns A Limit To Their Merit; Few People Are Modest Enough Not To Take Offense That One Appreciates Them.

The Conscience Of The Dying Belies Their Life.

The Maxim That Men Are Not To Be Praised Before Their Death Was Invented By Envy And Too Lightly Adopted By Philosophers. I, On The Contrary, Maintain That They Ought To Be Praised In Their Lifetime If They Merit It; But Jealousy And Calumny, Roused Against Their Virtue Or Their Talent, Labour To Degrade Them If Any One Ventures To Bear Testimony To Them. It Is Unjust Criticism That They Should Fear To Hazard, Not Sincere Praise.