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The man who criticizes us does us a favour: we ought to feel obliged to thank him. For if the criticism is unjust, we have to laugh at its absurdity. If true we ought to be spurred to self-correction. The first provokes a smile, the second confers a benefit.

-- Notebooks Category 6: Emotions and Ethics > Chapter 5 : Spiritual Refinement > # 270