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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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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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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.

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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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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.

by Jonathan Raban Found in: Criticism Quotes,
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He has the right to criticize who has the heart to help.

He has the right to criticize who has the heart to help.

by Abraham Lincoln Found in: Criticism Quotes,
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When my time on earth is gone, and my activities here are passed, I want they bury me upside down, read more

When my time on earth is gone, and my activities here are passed, I want they bury me upside down, and my critics can kiss my ass!

by Bobby Knight Found in: Criticism Quotes,
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The strength of criticism lies in the weakness of the thing criticized.

The strength of criticism lies in the weakness of the thing criticized.

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Even the lion has to defend himself against flies.

Even the lion has to defend himself against flies.

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Give no time to finding fault of criticism.

Give no time to finding fault of criticism.

by Marvin J. Ashton Found in: Criticism Quotes,
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