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Charles Horton Cooley Quotes: One should never criticize his own work except in a fresh and hopeful mood. The self-criticism of a tired mind is suicide.
         

One should never criticize his own work except in a fresh and hopeful mood. The self-criticism of a tired mind is suicide.


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