Censorship

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Satires which the censor can understand are justly forbidden
It is undoubtedly true, though it may seem paradoxical, but, in general, those who are habitually employed in finding and displaying faults are unqualified for the work of reformation
Censure is like the lightning which strikes the highest mountains
Others proclaim the infirmities of a great man with satisfaction and complacence, if they discover none of the like in themselves
It is folly for an eminent man to think of escaping censure, and a weakness to be affected with it. All the illustrious persons of antiquity, and indeed of every age in the world, have passed through this fiery persecution
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