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There is a common tendency to turn off one's imagination at certain points and refuse to contemplate the possibility of having to do certain things and cope with the attendant moral problems. The things simply get done by the social machine, and one can keep one's clear conscience and one's moral indignation unsullied. ↗

— John Fraser

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If you show someone something you've written, you give them a sharpened stake, lie down in your coffin, and say, ‘When you’re ready’. ↗

— David Mitchell

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The final proof of greatness lies in being able to endure criticism without resentment. ↗

— Elbert Hubbard

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People ask you for criticism, but they only want praise. ↗

— W. Somerset Maugham

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To acquire true self power you have to feel beneath no one, be immune to criticism and be fearless. ↗

— Deepak Chopra

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When another blames you or hates you, or people voice similar criticisms, go to their souls, penetrate inside and see what sort of people they are. You will realize that there is no need to be racked with anxiety that they should hold any particular opinion about you. ↗

— Marcus Aurelius

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For it is easy to criticize and break down the spirit of others, but to know yourself takes a lifetime. ↗

— Bruce Lee

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A little learning is a dangerous thing. Drink deep, or taste not the Pierian Spring; There shallow draughts intoxicate the brain, and drinking largely sobers us again. ↗

— Alexander Pope

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Animals don’t lie. Animals don’t criticize. If animals have moody days, they handle them better than humans do. ↗

— Betty White

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I used rebellion as a way to hide out. We use criticism as a fake participation. ↗

— Chuck Palahniuk

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