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 Reviewers are usually people who would have been poets, 
historians, biographers, etc., if they could: they have tried 
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 Reviewers are usually people who would have been poets, 
historians, biographers, etc., if they could: they have tried 
their talents at one or the other, and have failed; therefore 
they turn critics. 
Philosophers, as things now stand, are all too fond of offering criticism from on high instead of studying and understanding read more
Philosophers, as things now stand, are all too fond of offering criticism from on high instead of studying and understanding things from within.
 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. 
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.
He has the right to criticize who has the heart to help.
He has the right to criticize who has the heart to help.
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.
 All who (like him) have writ ill plays before,
 For they, like thieves, condemned, are hangman made,
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 All who (like him) have writ ill plays before,
 For they, like thieves, condemned, are hangman made,
  To execute the members of their trade. 
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.
 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.