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Give no time to finding fault of criticism.
Give no time to finding fault of criticism.
It is much easier to be critical that to be correct.
It is much easier to be critical that to be correct.
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.
But, spite of all the criticising elves,
Those who would make us feel, must feel themselves.
But, spite of all the criticising elves,
Those who would make us feel, must feel themselves.
It is much easier to be critical than to be correct.
It is much easier to be critical than to be correct.
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
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.
When I read the rules of criticism, I immediately inquire after
the works of the author who has written read more
When I read the rules of criticism, I immediately inquire after
the works of the author who has written them, and by that means
discover what it is he likes in a composition.
Animals are such agreeable friends - they ask no questions, they pass no criticisms.
Animals are such agreeable friends - they ask no questions, they pass no criticisms.