Blame is safer than praise.

Blame is safer than praise.

Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.

Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.

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

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

If you have no will to change it, you have no right to criticize it

If you have no will to change it, you have no right to criticize it

I criticize by creation--not by finding fault.

I criticize by creation--not by finding fault.

Animals are such agreeable friends - they ask no questions, they pass no criticisms.

Animals are such agreeable friends - they ask no questions, they pass no criticisms.

Ill writers are usually the sharpest censors.

Ill writers are usually the sharpest censors.

People ask for criticism, but they only want praise.

People ask for criticism, but they only want praise.

He was in Logic, a great critic,
Profoundly skill'd in Analytic;
He could distinguish, and divide
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He was in Logic, a great critic,
Profoundly skill'd in Analytic;
He could distinguish, and divide
A hair 'twixt south and south-west side.