122) ...it is useless to talk with those who do not understand one and troublesome to talk with those who criticize from a feeling of superiority. One-sided people are particularly annoying. Few are accomplished in many arts and most cling narrowly to their own opinion. -- Murasaki Shikibu (c. 973–c. 1014 or 1025), Japanese courtesan, diarist, author and poet. Her book The Tale of Genji was published in the early eleventh century, and is considered by many to be the oldest novel in the world.