People ask for criticism, but they only want praise.

People ask for criticism, but they only want 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.

To avoid criticism, do nothing, say nothing, and be nothing.

To avoid criticism, do nothing, say nothing, and be nothing.

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.

All who (like him) have writ ill plays before,
For they, like thieves, condemned, are hangman made,
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All who (like him) have writ ill plays before,
For they, like thieves, condemned, are hangman made,
To execute the members of their trade.

Give no time to finding fault of criticism.

Give no time to finding fault of criticism.

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

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

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

Even the lion has to defend himself against flies.

Even the lion has to defend himself against flies.