I much prefer the sharpest criticism of a single intelligent man to the thoughtless approval of the masses.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
If you agree with a critic, you admire him or her. If you disagree, you despise them. We all feel a great need to be confirmed in our opinions.
The intelligent man finds almost everything ridiculous, the sensible man hardly anything.
A wise man makes his own decisions, an ignorant man follows the public opinion.
I'm all in favor of the democratic principle that one idiot is as good as one genius, but I draw the line when someone takes the next step and concludes that two idiots are better than one genius.
I like constructive criticism from smart people.
I want to find someone on the earth so intelligent that he welcomes opinions which he condemns.
The average man, if he meddles with criticism at all, is a conservative critic.
Few people have the wisdom to prefer the criticism that would do them good, to the praise that deceives them.
Sometimes the first duty of intelligent men is the restatement of the obvious.
The intelligent man who is proud of his intelligence is like the condemned man who is proud of his large cell.
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