If criticism is needed, do it tactfully. Don't use a sledgehammer when a fly swatter will do the job.

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Neither seek nor avoid, take what comes.

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Garlic is divine. Avoid at all costs that vile spew you see rotting in oil in screwtop jars. Too lazy to peel fresh? You don't deserve to eat garlic. ― Anthony Bourdain

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The only sure way to avoid making mistakes is to have no new ideas. - Albert Einstein

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I've stopped caring about skeptics, but if they libel or defame me they will end up in court.

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Constantly seek criticism. A well thought out critique of whatever you’re doing is as valuable as gold. ― Elon Musk

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Don’t let people’s compliments go to your head and don’t let their criticisms go to your heart.

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In all things of nature there is something of the marvelous.- Aristotle

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Seek happiness in tranquility and avoid ambition even if it be only the apparently innocent one of distinguishing yourself in science and discoveries. ― Mary Shelley

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To avoid entangling alliances has been a maxim of our policy ever since the days of Washington, and its wisdom no one will attempt to dispute. - James Buchanan

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