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    When we judge or criticize another person, it says nothing about that person; it merely says something about our own need to be critical.

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Too nicely Jonson knew the critic's part,
Nature in him was almost lost in art.

Too nicely Jonson knew the critic's part,
Nature in him was almost lost in art.

by William Collins Found in: Criticism Quotes,
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Do what you feel in your heart to be right – for you’ll be criticized anyway.

Do what you feel in your heart to be right – for you’ll be criticized anyway.

by Eleonor Roosevelt Found in: Criticism Quotes,
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As soon
Seek roses in December--ice in June,
Hope, constancy in wind, or corn in chaff;
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As soon
Seek roses in December--ice in June,
Hope, constancy in wind, or corn in chaff;
Believe a woman or an epitaph,
Or any other thing that's false, before
You trust in critics.

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Reviewers are usually people who would have been poets,
historians, biographers, etc., if they could: they have tried
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Reviewers are usually people who would have been poets,
historians, biographers, etc., if they could: they have tried
their talents at one or the other, and have failed; therefore
they turn critics.

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"I'm an owl: you're another. Sir Critic, good day." And the
barber kept on shaving.

"I'm an owl: you're another. Sir Critic, good day." And the
barber kept on shaving.

by James Thomas Fields Found in: Criticism Quotes,
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It is much easier to be critical that to be correct.

It is much easier to be critical that to be correct.

by Benjamin Disraeli Found in: Criticism Quotes,
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People ask for criticism, but they only want praise.

People ask for criticism, but they only want praise.

by Somerset Maugham Found in: Criticism Quotes,
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Reviewers are forever telling authors they can't understand them.
The author might often reply: Is that my fault?

Reviewers are forever telling authors they can't understand them.
The author might often reply: Is that my fault?

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He has a right to criticize, who has a heart to help.

He has a right to criticize, who has a heart to help.

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