"Men whose sense of taste is destroyed by……" — Saint Basil
"Men whose sense of taste is destroyed by sickness, sometimes think honey sour. A diseased eye does not see many things which do exist, and notes many things which do not exist. The same thing frequently takes place with regard to the force of words, when the critic is inferior to the writer."
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86 Quotes by Saint Basil
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A tree is known by its fruit; a man by his deeds. A good deed is never lost; he who…
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Many a man curses the rain that falls upon his head, and knows not that it brings abundance to drive…
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Does not the gratitude of the dog put to shame any man who is ungrateful to his benefactors?
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The woman who purposely destroys her unborn child is guilty of murder. With us there is no nice enquiry as…
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Good masters teach good doctrine, but that taught by evil masters is wholly evil.
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There is nothing unpremeditated, nothing neglected by God. His unsleeping eye beholds all things.
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Do not measure your loss by itself; if you do, it will seem intolerable; but if you will take all…
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Now, if you notice how the swan, putting its neck down into the deep water, brings up food for itself…
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We glorify the Holy Ghost together with the Father and the Son, from the conviction that He is not separated…
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As we were baptized, so we profess our belief. As we profess our belief, so also we offer praise. As…
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First and foremost, the monk should own nothing in this world, but he should have as his possessions solitude of…
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In truth, to know oneself seems to be the hardest of all things. Not only our eye, which observes external…
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I don't listen to what art critics say. I don't know anybody who needs a critic to find out what…
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A true critic ought to dwell upon excellencies rather than imperfections, to discover the concealed beauties of a writer, and…
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The art of the critic in a nutshell: to coin slogans without betraying ideas. The slogans of an inadequate criticism…
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Painting, n.: The art of protecting flat surfaces from the weather, and exposing them to the critic.
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I am a Zionist, an ardent supporter of Israel, its defender when I deem Israel to be right and its…
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A good writer is not, per se, a good book critic. No more so than a good drunk is automatically…
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Be a doer and not a critic.
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I'm my worst critic, and I like the fact that I can listen to myself now and make fun of…
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Now everyone is a critic.
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I am a great admirer of other actors, but I never compete with other actors. I always compete with what…
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A career public speaker is not what I'm called to be. I'm called to be a critic.
— Tony Campolo
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Good critical writing is measured by the perception and evaluation of the subject; bad critical writing by the necessity of…
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