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Lewis Carroll
📝 Publication 21/04/2026
I have had prayers answered—most strangely so some
Lewis Carroll
Samuel Butler
📝 Publication 21/04/2026
Prayers are to men as dolls are to children. They
Samuel Butler
Georges Bernanos
📝 Publication 21/04/2026
The wish to pray is a prayer in itself.
Georges Bernanos
Tucídides
📝 Publication 21/04/2026
Mankind are tolerant of the praises of others so l
Tucídides
Henry David Thoreau
📝 Publication 21/04/2026
We begin to praise when we begin to see a thing ne
Henry David Thoreau
Rabindranath Tagore
📝 Publication 21/04/2026
Praise shames me, for I secretly beg for it.
Rabindranath Tagore
Jonathan Swift
📝 Publication 21/04/2026
All panegyrics are mingled with an infusion of pop
Jonathan Swift
Sêneca
📝 Publication 21/04/2026
True praise comes often even to the lowly; false p
Sêneca