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Criticism is the windows and chandeliers of art: it illuminates the enveloping darkness in which art might otherwise rest only vaguely discernible, and perhaps altogether unseen. ↗

— George Jean Nathan

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Time alone reveals the just man; but you might discern a bad man in a single day. ↗

— Sophocles

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I must judge for myself, but how can I judge, how can any man judge, unless his mind has been opened and enlarged by reading. ↗

— John Adams

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Though there are many times that we could have avoided rough situations if we had the right amount of wisdom to do so, there are some instances that we just have to go through in order to gain the experience and knowledge that we need to accomplish the destiny that God has for our lives. ↗

— POB Bismark

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Often subtle clues are not obvious enough for the stubborn or stupid. This is when God stops throwing crumbs and starts throwing the whole piece of bread. If you step on moldy bread then you know you have waited too long. ↗

— Shannon L. Alder

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Only I discern Infinite passion, and the pain Of finite hearts that yearn. ↗

— Robert Browning

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Her great merit is finding out mine - there is nothing so amiable as discernment. ↗

— Lord Byron

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The ability of discerning high quality unavoidably implies the ability of identifying shortcomings. ↗

— Edsger Dijkstra

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I think it's up to the parents to discern what their child is watching on television. ↗

— Adam Lambert

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Every reader finds himself. The writer's work is merely a kind of optical instrument that makes it possible for the reader to discern what, without this book, he would perhaps never have seen in himself. ↗

— Marcel Proust

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