Everyone's a critic...
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A prominent critic died without leaving enough money to pay for a funeral. It is said that one composer who was asked to contribute replied: "How much are you asking for?" "Thirty kronen, Maestro." "Here's sixty kronen. Bury two critics." * * * "...[T]hey all danced, sang, doubled instruments and played. I added a German Shepard...and [it was] said that the dog was smarter than the band I put together...I invited one music critic backstage to meet the band and the dog bit him." Horace Heidt * * * Asking a working writer what he thinks about critics is like asking a lamppost how it feels about dogs. -- Christopher Hampton Any fool can criticize, condemn, and complain - and most fools do. -- Dale Carnegie * * * ?A foolish man may be known by six things: Anger without cause, speech without profit, change without progress, inquiry without object, putting trust in a stranger, and mistaking foes for friends.? ?A friend advises in his interest, not yours.? ?A horse of good breed is not dishonored by his saddle.? ?A horse that will not carry a saddle must have no oats.? ?A house divided cannot stand.? ?A known mistake is better than an unknown truth.? * * * Fools with bookish knowledge, are children with edged weapons, they hurt themselves, and put others in pain. - The half-leamed is more dangerous than the simpleton. -- Zimmermann In seeking wisdom thou art wise; in imagining that thou hast attained it--thou art a fool. -- Lord Chesterfield If you wish to avoid seeing a fool you must first break your looking-glass. --Francois Rabelais He who knows not and knows not he knows not, is a fool--shun him. He who knows not and knows he knows not, is simple--teach him. He who knows, and knows not he knows, is asleep--wake him. He who knows, and knows that he knows, is wise-- follow him.