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 1      I, 3 |         the present, since all men praise or blame in view of the
 2      I, 3 |    relative to this one. Those who praise or attack a man aim at proving
 3      I, 3 |           In like manner those who praise or censure a man do not
 4      I, 3 |         make it a ground of actual praise that he has neglected his
 5      I, 3 |         was honourable. Thus, they praise Achilles because he championed
 6      I, 3 |        Further, all men, in giving praise or blame, in urging us to
 7      I, 6 |          such things bring greater praise: and those which we do in
 8      I, 9 |           these are the objects of praise and blame. In doing so,
 9      I, 9 |           make them trust our own. Praise, again, may be serious or
10      I, 9 |            sake and also worthy of praise; or that which is both good
11      I, 9 |      assume when we wish either to praise a man or blame him that
12      I, 9 |            when making a speech of praise; for, as Socrates used to
13      I, 9 |             it is not difficult to praise the Athenians to an Athenian
14      I, 9 |         were princes all.~Since we praise a man for what he has actually
15      I, 9 |           of the man who did them.~Praise is the expression in words
16      I, 9 |        good thing, we shall bestow praise on him, if we are sure that
17      I, 9 |            same thing as to bestow praise and encomium upon him; the
18      I, 9 |            a part of happiness.~To praise a man is in one respect
19      I, 9 |        suggestion; to make it into praise we must put it thus, "Since
20      I, 9 | Consequently, whenever you want to praise any one, think what you
21      I, 9 |     anything, think what you would praise a man for having done. Since
22      I, 9 |          not forbid an action, the praise into which we convert it
23      I, 9 |          heightening the effect of praise. We must, for instance,
24      I, 9 |            as his own: thus we may praise Hippolochus because the
25      I, 9 |        particularly to speeches of praise; they aim at proving superiority
26      I, 9 |            nearly all, speeches of praise or blame are constructed.
27      I, 13|            loss of honour, or with praise and increase of honour and
28     II, 4 |         friendly towards those who praise such good qualities as we
29     II, 4 |             and especially if they praise the good qualities that
30     II, 22|          whom we are to advise, to praise or blame, to accuse or defend;
31     II, 22|        material, whether we are to praise or blame him for the noble
32     II, 23|      secretly: openly, their chief praise is given to justice and
33    III, 7 |      stirred them deeply either by praise or blame or anger or affection,
34    III, 14|           display is some piece of praise or censure. Thus Gorgias
35    III, 14|          composed of some piece of praise or censure, of advice to
36    III, 14|           the difficulty is not to praise the Athenians at Athens
37    III, 15|         for the calumniator, is to praise some trifling merit at great
38    III, 16|    instance, if your object is the praise of Achilles; we all know
39    III, 16|          But if your object is the praise of Critias, you must narrate