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Each generation produces its squad of "moderns" with peashooters to attack Gibraltar.
Each generation produces its squad of "moderns" with peashooters to attack Gibraltar.
Even the lion has to defend himself against flies.
Even the lion has to defend himself against flies.
Who shall dispute what the Reviewers say?
Their word's sufficient; and to ask a reason,
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Who shall dispute what the Reviewers say?
Their word's sufficient; and to ask a reason,
In such a state as theirs, is downright treason.
Ill writers are usually the sharpest censors.
Ill writers are usually the sharpest censors.
I never give them hell; I just tell them the truth and they think it is hell.
I never give them hell; I just tell them the truth and they think it is hell.
As soon
Seek roses in December--ice in June,
Hope, constancy in wind, or corn in chaff;
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As soon
Seek roses in December--ice in June,
Hope, constancy in wind, or corn in chaff;
Believe a woman or an epitaph,
Or any other thing that's false, before
You trust in critics.
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.
He was in Logic, a great critic,
Profoundly skill'd in Analytic;
He could distinguish, and divide
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He was in Logic, a great critic,
Profoundly skill'd in Analytic;
He could distinguish, and divide
A hair 'twixt south and south-west side.
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.
