ENCOURAGE, v.t. To confirm a fool in a folly that is beginning to hurt him.
Ambrose Bierce (1842-1914?) American writer and journalist
“Encourage,” “Devil’s Dictionary” column, San Francisco Wasp (1883-03-10)
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My test of the real worth of a man as a preacher is when his congregation go away, saying, not, “What a beautiful sermon!” but “I will do something.”
François de Sales (1567-1622) French bishop, saint, writer [a.k.a. Francis de Sales, b. François de Boisy]
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