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Neither praise or blame is the object of true criticism. Justly to discriminate, firmly to establish, wisely to prescribe, and honestly to award. These are the true aims and duties of criticism. ↗

— William Gilmore Simms

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Engineering, medicine, business, architecture and painting are concerned not with the necessary but with the contingent - not with how things are but with how they might be - in short, with design. ↗

— Herbert Simon

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Human beings, viewed as behaving systems, are quite simple. The apparent complexity of our behavior over time is largely a reflection of the complexity of the environment in which we find ourselves. ↗

— Herbert Simon

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All pain is per se and especially in excess, destructive and ultimately fatal in its nature and effects. ↗

— James Young Simpson

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I respect knowledge of the psyche. I would be a therapist if I weren't an entertainer. ↗

— Jessica Simpson

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For when it is the good that is under consideration, and the ethical object is predominant, truth must be considered more in reference to art than science, if, that is, unity is to be preserved in the work generally. ↗

— Friedrich Schleiermacher

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Righteousness is easy in retrospect. ↗

— Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr.

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The composers could no longer direct all performances in person, and so the responsibility of interpreting their works in the spirit in which they had been conceived was placed upon conductors. ↗

— Anton Seidl

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Major League Baseball is a national institution and we take our responsibilities seriously when it comes to how the game affects the lives of American youth. ↗

— Bud Selig

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When I began my search for the perfect skin care to fight the aging process, I noticed that my sensitive skin was reacting horribly to any product I used. ↗

— Connie Sellecca

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