"But was there ever dog that praised his fleas?"

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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

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"Our material eye cannot see that a stupid chauvinism is driving us from one noisy, destructive, futile agitation to another."

Anne Sullivan Macy, American Educator

Criticism, Agitation, Driving, Eye

"Two cheers for Democracy; one because it admits variety, and two because it permits criticism."

E. M. Forster, English Novelist

Criticism, Democracy, Variety

"Act that way and slowly but surely I will fade away. All the dawns and all the twilights will rob me, piece by piece, of myself, and before long my very life will be shaved away completely - and I would end up nothing."

Haruki Murakami, Japanese Writer

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"The planet is littered with irresponsible gods."

T. F. Hodge, American Motivational Speaker

Criticism, Environment, Blame, Existence

"The Mullahs and monks, they must worship you instead of empty rooms."

M.F. Moonzajer, Afghan Author

Criticism, Worship, Religion, Emptiness, Belief

"What I really like is an intelligent review. It doesn't have to be positive. A review that has some kind of insight, and sometimes people say something that's startling or is so poignant."

Patti Smith, American Musician

Criticism, Insight, Intelligence, Critique, Perspective

"You hear about how many fourth quarter comebacks that a guy has and I think it means a guy screwed up in the first three quarters."

Peyton Manning, American Athlete

Criticism, First

"I know there are reporters who ridicule pundits."

Daniel Okrent, American Editor

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"Criticism is something you can easily avoid by saying nothing, doing nothing, and being nothing."

Aristotle, Greek Philosopher

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"Our material eye cannot see that a stupid chauvinism is driving us from one noisy, destructive, futile agitation to another."

"Two cheers for Democracy; one because it admits variety, and two because it permits criticism."

"Act that way and slowly but surely I will fade away. All the dawns and all the twilights will rob me, piece by piece, of myself, and before long my very life will be shaved away completely - and I would end up nothing."

"The planet is littered with irresponsible gods."

"The Mullahs and monks, they must worship you instead of empty rooms."

"What I really like is an intelligent review. It doesn't have to be positive. A review that has some kind of insight, and sometimes people say something that's startling or is so poignant."

"You hear about how many fourth quarter comebacks that a guy has and I think it means a guy screwed up in the first three quarters."

"I know there are reporters who ridicule pundits."

"Criticism is something you can easily avoid by saying nothing, doing nothing, and being nothing."

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"The worst thing about some men is that when they are not drunk they are sober."

"A line will take us hours maybe; Yet if it does not seem a moment's thought, our stitching and unstinting has been naught."

"I know that I shall meet my fate somewhere among the clouds above; those that I fight I do not hate, those that I guard I do not love."

"But was there ever dog that praised his fleas?"

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"If suffering brings wisdom, I would wish to be less wise."

"The only business of the head in the world is to bow a ceaseless obeisance to the heart."

"All empty souls tend toward extreme opinions."

"Come Fairies, take me out of this dull world, for I would ride with you upon the wind and dance upon the mountains like a flame!"

"One should not lose one's temper unless one is certain of getting more and more angry to the end."