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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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You know who critics are?--the men who have failed in literature
and art.

You know who critics are?--the men who have failed in literature
and art.

by Benjamin Disraeli Found in: Criticism Quotes,
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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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When we judge or criticize another person, it says nothing about that person; it merely says something about our own read more

When we judge or criticize another person, it says nothing about that person; it merely says something about our own need to be critical.

by Winston Churchill 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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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

by Mark Twain Found in: Criticism Quotes,
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The rule in carving holds good as to criticism; never cut with a knife what you can cut with a read more

The rule in carving holds good as to criticism; never cut with a knife what you can cut with a spoon.

by Charles Buxton 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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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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Flatter me, and I may not believe you. Criticize me, and I may not like you. Ignore me, and I read more

Flatter me, and I may not believe you. Criticize me, and I may not like you. Ignore me, and I may not forgive you. Encourage me, and I will not forget you. Love me and I may be forced to love you.

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