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— Thomas Jefferson"I find the pain of a little censure, even when it is unfounded, is more acute than the pleasure of much praise."
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If men of eminence are exposed to censure on one hand, they are as much liable to flattery on the other. If they receive reproaches which are not due to them, they likewise receive praises which they do not deserve.
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