Reprove your friend in secret and praise him openly.
The lie is so vile, that even if it were in speaking well of godly things, it would take off something from God's grace; and Truth is so excellent, that if it praises but small things they become noble.
You do ill if you praise, but worse if you censure, what you do not understand.
Good culture is born of a good disposition; and since the cause is more to be praised than the effect, I will rather praise a good disposition without culture, than good culture without the disposition.
It is ill to praise, and worse to blame, the thing which you do not understand.
Truth is so excellent, that if it praises but small things they become noble.
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