Link | Quote | Stars | Tags | Author |
4dbe230 | Let me never fall into the vulgar mistake of dreaming that I am persecuted whenever I am contradicted. | correcting criticism inspirational correction contradiction opinions paranoia | Ralph Waldo Emerson | |
421c39d | To admonish is better than to reproach for admonition is mild and friendly, but reproach is harsh and insulting; and admonition corrects those who are doing wrong, but reproach only convicts them. | correction reproach | Epictetus | |
ec013ae | To be candid, in Middlemarch phraseology, meant, to use an early opportunity of letting your friends know that you did not take a cheerful view of their capacity, their conduct, or their position; and a robust candor never waited to be asked for its opinion. | correction motive prophecy | George Eliot |