I like to praise and reward loudly, to blame quietly.

 

I like to praise and reward loudly, to blame quietly.
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As quoted in The Historians' History of the World (1904) by Henry Smith Williams, p. 423
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Variant: I praise loudly. I blame softly.
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As quoted in The Affairs of Women: A Modern Miscellany (2006) by Colin Bingham, p. 367

 

Catherine II of Russia

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You did late review my lays,
Crusty Christopher;
You did mingle blame and praise,
Rusty Christopher.
When I learnt from whom it came,
I forgave you all the blame,
Musty Christopher;
I could _not_ forgive the praise,
Fusty Christopher.

 

John Wilson

 

The hardest thing to do is to swing quietly, with control and restraint. Lots of bands swing loudly. I refuse to let my band play loudly in order to try to swing when it isn’t swinging softly. I think that the best jazz in the long run is the jazz that is controlled and will swing on its own terms.

 

John Dankworth

 

I blame equally those who choose to praise man, those who choose to blame him, and those who choose to amuse themselves; and I can only approve of those who seek with lamentation. 421

 

Blaise Pascal

 

Then came the dress, the tapes, and the Federal grand jury. The attempt to obstruct and cover-up grew, expanded, and developed a life of its own. It overpowered the underlying offense itself. A new strategy was required, fast: The President was advised: `Admit the sex, but never the lies.' Shift the blame; change the subject. Blame it on the plaintiff in the Arkansas case. Blame it on her lawyers. Blame it on the Independent Counsel. Blame it on partisanship. Blame it on the majority members of the House Judiciary Committee. Blame it on the process.

 

Kay Bailey Hutchison

 

Thus neither the praise nor the blame is our own.

 

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