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

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Those who have free seats at a play hiss first. – Chinese Proverb

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The critical opinions of a writer should always be taken with a large grain of salt. For the most part, they are manifestations of his debate with himself as to what he should do next and what he should avoid. – W. H. Auden

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Culture is only true when implicitly critical, and the mind which forgets this revenges itself in the critics it breeds. Criticism is an indispensable element of culture. – Theodor Wiesengrund Adorno

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Even the lion has to defend himself against flies. – Proverb

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