• The pleasure we feel in criticizing robs us from being moved by very beautiful things.

  Jean de la Bruyère
  French writer 1645-1696
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Subjects in these quotes:

1. criticizing
2. beautiful
3. things

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The pleasure we feel in criticizing robs us from being moved by very beautiful things. by : Jean de la Bruyère

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