"She likes herself, yet others hates, For that which in herself she prizes; And while she laughs at them, forgets She is the thing that she despises."

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"She likes herself, yet others hates, For that which in herself she prizes; And while she laughs at them, forgets She is the thing that she despises."

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"He saw that science had become as great a hoax as religion, that nationalism was a farce, patriotism a fraud, education a form of leprosy, and that morals were for cannibals."

Henry Miller, American Author

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"Some poems are written great, some poems are written swell. But then there are poems that could win a prize in Hell."

Stanley Victor Paskavich, American Politician

Criticism, Poetry, Quality, Humor

"Learn to brush off criticism as easily as you brush aside hollow compliments."

Richelle E. Goodrich, American Poet

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"Many reviews are useless because, while purporting to condemn the book, they only reveal the reviewer's dislike of the kind to which it belongs. Let bad tragedies be censured by those who love tragedy, and bad detective stories by those who love the detective story. Then we shall learn their real faults. Otherwise we shall find epics blamed for not being novels, farces for not being high comedies, novels by James for lacking the swift action of Smollett. Who wants to hear a particular claret abused by a fanatical teetotaller, or a particular woman by a confirmed misogynist?"

C. S. Lewis, British Author

Criticism, Love, Perception

"One of the main reasons and excuses behind every religious failure is a FALSE PROMISE."

M.F. Moonzajer, Afghan Author

Criticism, Religion, Failure, Falsehood

"I have never been able to look upon America as young and vital but rather as prematurely old, as a fruit which rotted before it had a chance to ripen."

Henry Miller, American Author

Criticism, America, Chance, Old

"Some who have read the book, or at any rate reviewed it, have found it boring, absurd, or contemptible; and I have no reason to complain, since I have similar opinions of their work, or of the kinds of writing that they evidently prefer."

J. R. R. Tolkien, English Novelist

Criticism, Writing, Work

"The most destructive criticism is indifference."

Edgar Watson Howe, American Editor

Criticism, Indifference

"People have boldness to criticize but not to sensitize."

Amit Kalantri, Indian Author

Criticism, Boldness, Sensitivity, People

"Many religions now come before us with ingratiating smirks and outspread hands, like an unctuous merchant in a bazaar. They offer consolation and solidarity and uplift, competing as they do in a marketplace. But we have a right to remember how barbarically they behaved when they were strong and were making an offer that people could not refuse."

Christopher Hitchens, American Author

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"He saw that science had become as great a hoax as religion, that nationalism was a farce, patriotism a fraud, education a form of leprosy, and that morals were for cannibals."

"Some poems are written great, some poems are written swell. But then there are poems that could win a prize in Hell."

"Learn to brush off criticism as easily as you brush aside hollow compliments."

"One of the main reasons and excuses behind every religious failure is a FALSE PROMISE."

"I have never been able to look upon America as young and vital but rather as prematurely old, as a fruit which rotted before it had a chance to ripen."

"Some who have read the book, or at any rate reviewed it, have found it boring, absurd, or contemptible; and I have no reason to complain, since I have similar opinions of their work, or of the kinds of writing that they evidently prefer."

"The most destructive criticism is indifference."

"People have boldness to criticize but not to sensitize."

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"Beauty is the lover's gift."

"A hungry wolf at all the herd will run, In hopes, through many, to make sure of one."

"'Tis well enough for a servant to be bred at an University. But the education is a little too pedantic for a gentleman."

"Wit must be foiled by wit: cut a diamond with a diamond."

"Courtship is to marriage, as a very witty prologue to a very dull play."

"Never go to bed angry, stay up and fight."

"Music has charms to sooth a savage breast, to soften rocks, or bend a knotted oak."

"If there's delight in love, 'Tis when I see that heart, which others bleed for, bleed for me."

"No, I'm no enemy to learning; it hurts not me."

"You are a woman: you must never speak what you think; your words must contradict your thoughts, but your actions may contradict your words."