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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.
People ask for criticism, but they only want praise.
People ask for criticism, but they only want praise.
Too nicely Jonson knew the critic's part,
Nature in him was almost lost in art.
Too nicely Jonson knew the critic's part,
Nature in him was almost lost in art.
He has a right to criticize, who has a heart to help.
He has a right to criticize, who has a heart to help.
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 press, the pulpit, and the stage,
Conspire to censure and expose our age.
The press, the pulpit, and the stage,
Conspire to censure and expose our age.
A servile race
Who, in mere want of fault, all merit place;
Who blind obedience pay to read more
A servile race
Who, in mere want of fault, all merit place;
Who blind obedience pay to ancient schools,
Bigots to Greece, and slaves to musty rules.
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
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.
