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The art of the critic in a nutshell: to coin slogans without betra

The art of the critic in a nutshell: to coin slogans without betraying ideas. The slogans of an inadequate criticism peddle ideas to fashion. – Walter Benjamin

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Opinions are to the vast apparatus of social existence what oil is to machines: one does not go up to a turbine and pour machine oil over it; one applies a little to hidden spindles and joints that one has to know. – Walter Benjamin

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The idea that happiness could have a share in beauty would be too much of a good thing. – Walter Benjamin

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Satire is often the reflection of a kind of moral nausea. – Crand Briton

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Do not use a hatchet to remove a fly from your friends forehead. – Chinese Proverb

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All of us could take a lesson from the weather. It pays no attention to criticism. – Anon.

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Their is no defense against criticism except obscurity. – Joseph Addison

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