Criticism is like champagne, nothing more execrable if bad, nothing mo…

Charles Caleb Colton
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Criticism is like champagne, nothing more execrable if bad, nothing more excellent if good. ✨ Charles Caleb Colton (1866). Lacon: or, Many things in few words, p.55
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