People ask you for criticism, but they only want praise. — W. Somerset Maugham · Skopia

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People ask you for criticism, but they only want praise.

W. Somerset Maugham

1915

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Openness to criticism Criticism from others

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W. Somerset Maugham

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Maugham, William Somerset. Of Human Bondage. Signet, 2007, ch. 50.

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Maugham, William Somerset. Of Human Bondage. George H. Doran Company, 1915, ch. 50.

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