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    A man must serve his time to every trade
    Save censure--critics all are ready made.
    Take hackney'd jokes from Miller, got by rote,
    With just enough of learning to misquote;
    A mind well skill'd to find or forge a fault;
    A turn for punning, call it Attic salt;
    To Jeffrey go, be silent and discreet,
    His pay is just ten sterling pounds per sheet;
    Fear not to lie, 'twill seem a lucky hit;
    Shrink not from blasphemy, 'twill pass for wit;
    Care not for feeling--pass your proper jest,
    And stand a critic, hated yet caress'd.

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Any fool can criticize, condemn, and complain but it takes character and self control to be understanding and forgiving.

Any fool can criticize, condemn, and complain but it takes character and self control to be understanding and forgiving.

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Even the lion has to defend himself against flies.

Even the lion has to defend himself against flies.

by Anonymous Found in: Criticism Quotes,
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Criticism is easy, and art is difficult.
[Fr., La critique est aisee, et l'art est difficile.]

Criticism is easy, and art is difficult.
[Fr., La critique est aisee, et l'art est difficile.]

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I criticize by creation--not by finding fault.

I criticize by creation--not by finding fault.

by Charles Churchill 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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When I read the rules of criticism, I immediately inquire after
the works of the author who has written read more

When I read the rules of criticism, I immediately inquire after
the works of the author who has written them, and by that means
discover what it is he likes in a composition.

by Joseph Addison 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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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.

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Criticism, as it was first instituted by Aristotle, was meant as a standard of judging well.

Criticism, as it was first instituted by Aristotle, was meant as a standard of judging well.

by Samuel Johnson Found in: Criticism Quotes,
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