"A critic is a man who writes..." - Quote by H L Mencken
A critic is a man who writes about things he doesn't like.
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“During many a single week, I daresay, more money is spent in New York upon useless and evil things than would suffice to run the kingdom of Denmark for a year.”
“Firmness in decision is often merely a form of stupidity. It indicates an inability to think the same thing out twice.”
“He marries best who puts it off until it is too late.”
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“We have the most prolonged adolescence in the history of mankind. There is no other society that requires so many years to pass before people are grown up ... Adolescence is nurtured and prolonged by educational processes and by industry that has found a bonanza in embracing the adolescent population and fortifying 'adolescent values.' This prolongation of adolescence robs the country of the population group having the most risk takers, and the highest ideals.”
“Bullfight critics row on row Fill the enormous Plaza de toros But only one is there who knows And he is the one who fights the bull.”
“...it is all the more clear what we have to accomplish at present: I am referring to ruthless criticism of all that exists, ruthless both in the sense of not being afraid of the results it arrives at and in the sense of being just as little afraid of conflict with the powers that be.”