Rebuke: accepting criticism - and more by Somerset Maugham

Somerset Maugham. Wikipedia

Somerset Maugham. Wikipedia.

People ask you for criticism, but the only want praise

Somerset Maugham

He also said:

My own belief is that there is hardly anyone whose sexual life, if it were broadcast, would not fill the world at large with surprise and horror.

• Quoted in Somerset Maugham (1980) by Ted Morgan

I do not believe they are right who say that the defects of famous men should be ignored. I think it is better that we should know them. Then, though we are conscious of having faults as glaring as theirs, we can believe that that is no hindrance to our achieving also something of their virtues.

• See Wikiquote

Quotation from the book of Proverbs
Hebrew Bible (Known to Christians as Old Testament)
Reprove a scoffer/fool and he will hate you; rebuke a wise man and he will love you.
Proverbs 9.8

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Poem on Loss and Bereavement by Russian Jewish Poet Pavel

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Condolences and Consolations for loss

When I come to the end of the road, 
and the sun has set for me. 
I want no rites in a gloom-filled room. 
Why cry for a soul set free? 

Miss me a little, but not too long, 
and not with your head bowed low. 
Remember the love that was once shared. 
Miss me, but let me go. 

For this is a journey we all must take, 
and each must go alone. 
It's all a part of the master's plan, 
a step on the road to home. 

When you are lonely and sick of heart,
 go to the friends we know. 
Bear your sorrow in good deeds. 
Miss me, but let me go.

Author unknown.

For condolence letters, readings at funerals, for yourself. 

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Quick Quotations
Who Said What When

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Quotations on Facts, Brains, Dreams and IQ

Facts are better than dreams.
Churchill

The brains of a dog biscuit.
Reader's comment on a forum.

In the line for check in at the airport, overheard by Angela Lansbury on a press trip.
What's holding up this queue?
This fellow's IQ.

Angela Lansbury, author or Quick Quotations.

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