One criticizes in others what one recognizes and despises in oneself. …

Susan Sontag
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One criticizes in others what one recognizes and despises in oneself. For example, an artist who is revolted by another’s ambitiousness. ✨ Susan Sontag (2012). As Consciousness Is Harnessed to Flesh: Journals and Notebooks, 1964-1980, p.64, Macmillan
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One criticizes in others what one recognizes and despises in oneself. For example, an artist who is revolted by another’s ambitiousness. ✨ Susan Sontag (2012). As Consciousness Is Harnessed to Flesh: Journals and Notebooks, 1964-1980, p.64, Macmillan

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