"I am surrounded by priests who repeat incessantly that their kingdom is not of this world, and yet they lay hands on everything they can get."

Criticism, Religion, Power, Conflict, Authority

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"I am surrounded by priests who repeat incessantly that their kingdom is not of this world, and yet they lay hands on everything they can get."

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"Let Sporus tremble - "What? that thing of silk, Sporus, that mere white curd of ass's milk?Satire or sense, alas! can Sporus feel?Who breaks a Butterfly upon a Wheel?"Yet let me flap this Bug with gilded wings,This painted Child of Dirt that stinks and stings; Whose Buzz the Witty and the Fair annoys,Yet Wit ne'er tastes, and Beauty ne'er enjoys."

Alexander Pope, English Poet

Criticism, Satire, Beauty, Wit, Art

"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

Criticism, Science, Religion, Nationalism, Patriotism

"He saw the article...which was not an expression of ideas, but a bucket of slime emptied in public-an article that did not contain a single fact, not even an invented one, but poured a stream of sneers and adjectives in which nothing was clear except the filthy malice of denouncing without considering proof necessary."

Ayn Rand, Russian Writer

Criticism, Media, Truth, Malice, Proof

"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

Criticism, Wisdom, Truth, Inspirational, Regret

"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

"Talk of heaven! ye disgrace earth."

Henry David Thoreau, American Author

Criticism, Heaven, Earth, Disgrace, Sarcasm

"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

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"Ambition never is in a greater hurry that I; it merely keeps pace with circumstances and with my general way of thinking."

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"War is the business of barbarians."

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"The hand that gives is among the hand that takes. Money has no fatherland, financiers are without patriotism and without decency, their sole object is gain."

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"If they want peace nations should avoid the pinpricks that precede cannon shots."

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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."

"Talk of heaven! ye disgrace earth."

"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."

Explore more quotes by Napoleon Bonaparte

"You must not fear death, my lads; defy him, and you drive him into the enemy's ranks."

"Ambition never is in a greater hurry that I; it merely keeps pace with circumstances and with my general way of thinking."

"It requires more courage to suffer than to die."

"War is the business of barbarians."

"The hand that gives is among the hand that takes. Money has no fatherland, financiers are without patriotism and without decency, their sole object is gain."

"Music is what tell us that the human race is greater than we realize."

"Always carry champagne! In victory You deserve it & in defeat You need it!"

"The art of governing consists in not letting men grow old in their jobs."

"Nothing is more difficult and therefore more precious than to be able to decide."

"If they want peace nations should avoid the pinpricks that precede cannon shots."