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Praise makes good people better and bad people worse.

Praise makes good people better and bad people worse.

Summary

This quote suggests that praise has opposite effects on different types of individuals. For individuals who are already good or have positive qualities, praise serves as an encouragement and motivation to continue performing well, thereby improving them further. However, for individuals who are bad or have negative qualities, praise can have a detrimental effect, further fueling their negative behavior and reinforcing their bad traits. In essence, praise has the power to either uplift and inspire or exacerbate and reinforce the qualities already present in people, depending on their nature.

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