When the million applaud you, seriously ask yourself what harm you have done; when they censure you, what good!
Charles Caleb "C. C." Colton (1780-1832) English cleric, writer, aphorist
Lacon: or, Many Things in Few Words, #183 (1821 ed.)
Added on 4-Aug-14 | Last updated 27-Feb-15
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