"The critic is a man who prefers the indolence of opinion to the trials of action."

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John Mason Brown

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“There was the murdered corpse, in covert laid, And violent death in thousand shapes displayed; The city to the soldier's rage resigned; Successless wars, and poverty behind; Ships burnt in fight, or forced on rocky shores, And the rash hunter strangled by the boars; The newborn babe by nurses overlaid; And the cook caught within the raging fire he made.”
“It is easier to give all your goods to feed the poor, or not to have any goods - only your virtues, to boast of - than it is to judge the rich with charity.”
“Maybe you just can't protect people from certain specialized types of folly with any sane amount of regulation, and the correct response is to give up on the high social costs of inadequately protecting people from themselves under certain circumstances.”
“Design cannot precede evolution and therefore cannot underlie the universe.”
“The judgment of the intellect is, at best, only the half of truth.”
“Conditions have changed, but we are still operating financially by the rules established during the Industrial Revolution-rules based on creating more material possessions. But our high standard of living has not led to a high quality of life-for us or for the planet.”
“Whatever you think canâ€™t be done, somebody will come along and do it. A genius is the one most like himself.”
“No other formula gives your baby a better start in life except that stuff that comes out of you for free.”

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