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Ill writers are usually the sharpest censors.
Ill writers are usually the sharpest censors.
Critics? Don't talk to me of critics! You think some jackanapes journalist, his soul eaten away by the maggots of read more
Critics? Don't talk to me of critics! You think some jackanapes journalist, his soul eaten away by the maggots of jealousy and failure, has anything worthwhile to say of art? I don't.
People ask for criticism, but they only want praise.
People ask for criticism, but they only want praise.
How much easier it is to be critical than to be correct.
How much easier it is to be critical than to be correct.
The most noble criticism is that in which the critic is not the
antagonist so much as the rival read more
The most noble criticism is that in which the critic is not the
antagonist so much as the rival of the author.
Blame is safer than praise.
Blame is safer than praise.
He has the right to criticize who has the heart to help.
He has the right to criticize who has the heart to help.
Though by whim, envy, or resentment led,
They damn those authors whom they never read.
Though by whim, envy, or resentment led,
They damn those authors whom they never read.
They who write ill, and they who ne'er durst write,
Turn critics out of mere revenge and spite.
They who write ill, and they who ne'er durst write,
Turn critics out of mere revenge and spite.
