Michel de Montaigne
View AuthorThe most fruitful and natural exercise of our spirit, in my opinion, is conversation. I find its practice sweeter than any other activity in our life.
Montesquieu
View AuthorThe talented man is naturally inclined to criticism, because he sees more things than other men and sees them better.
Henry Moore
View AuthorIf everything could be explained by words, sooner or later we would end the world.
Edward R. Murrow
View AuthorEveryone is a prisoner of their own experiences. No one can eliminate prejudices, simply recognize them.
Blaise Pascal
View AuthorEloquence is a painting of the mind, and for this reason those who, after painting, add something more, make a picture instead of a portrait.
Blaise Pascal
View AuthorThe ones who possess the spirit of discernment know how much difference can exist between two similar words, depending on the places and circumstances that accompany them.
Blaise Pascal
View AuthorThe world is full of good maxims; it only lacks applying them.
Norman Vincent Peale
View AuthorThe trouble with most of us is that we would rather be ruined by praise than saved by criticism.
Charles Péguy
View AuthorA great philosophy is not the one that establishes the definitive truth, it is the one that produces unease.
William Penn
View AuthorThose who have the heart to help have the right to criticize.
Fernando Pessoa
View AuthorThe ultimate function of criticism is to fulfill the natural function of disdain, which is conducive to the good hygiene of the spirit.
Pythagoras of Samos
View AuthorTwo completely contradictory statements can be made about everything.