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«Criticism is a misconception: we must read not to understand others but to understand ourselves.»
«Criticism is an indirect form of self-boasting»
Author: Emmet Fox (Author, Lecturer) | About: Criticism | Keywords: boasting, criticism, indirect
«Criticism, like rain, should be gentle enough to nourish a man's growth without destroying his roots.»
«Criticism is easy, art is difficult»
Author: Philippe Destouches | About: Criticism | Keywords: criticism
«Criticism is something we can avoid easily by saying nothing, doing nothing, and being nothing»
«A woman's flattery may inflate a man's head a little; but her criticism goes straight to his heart, and contracts it so that it can never again hold quite as much love for her»
«Criticism of others is futile and if you indulge in it often you should be warned that it can be fatal to your career.»
«Against criticism a man can neither protest nor defend himself; he must act in spite of it, and then it will gradually yield to him.»
«A pinch of praise is worth a pound of scorn. A dash of encouragement is more helpful than a dipper of pessimism. A cup of kindness is better than a cupboard of criticism.»
«Criticism may not be agreeable, but it is necessary. It fulfils the same function as pain in the human body. It calls attention to an unhealthy state of things.»