From the manual of Little Hawk...

Sign of someone who is progressing:
he blames no one,
he praises everyone when they are praiseworthy (and all are praiseworthy at times),
he complains of no one,
he accuses no one,
he never speaks of himself
as of someone important
or who knows something, because he knows that he is no more important, relatively speaking, than anyone else.

Including you, BB! ;-)

My manual above accurately describes the people I learn from. I'm working toward that level of awareness as best I can, but I still slip into blaming people sometimes. And I still complain about people sometimes. I regard myself as no more or less important than you. What I know, I know. What you know, you know. The rest is conjecture and opinion.

Epicetus was clearly a pretty advanced fellow...I like his comments that you posted. But maybe his definition of "praise" is different (or intended in a different context) from mine. I find that praise, when deserved, greatly helps people. Try it with a child or an employee or a student, and see what happens.