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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.
 There are come Critics so with Spleen diseased,
 They scarcely come inclining to be pleased:
  And sure read more 
 There are come Critics so with Spleen diseased,
 They scarcely come inclining to be pleased:
  And sure he must have more than mortal Skill,
   Who please one against his Will. 
Remember that nobody will ever get ahead of you as long as he is kicking you in the seat of read more
Remember that nobody will ever get ahead of you as long as he is kicking you in the seat of the pants.
 "I'm an owl: you're another. Sir Critic, good day." And the 
barber kept on shaving.  
 "I'm an owl: you're another. Sir Critic, good day." And the 
barber kept on shaving. 
Each generation produces its squad of "moderns" with peashooters to attack Gibraltar.
Each generation produces its squad of "moderns" with peashooters to attack Gibraltar.
 They who write ill, and they who ne'er durst write,
 Turn critics out of mere revenge and spite.  
 They who write ill, and they who ne'er durst write,
 Turn critics out of mere revenge and spite. 
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.
How much easier it is to be critical than to be correct.
How much easier it is to be critical than to be correct.
Some people are always critical of vague statements. I tend rather to be critical of precise statements; they are the read more
Some people are always critical of vague statements. I tend rather to be critical of precise statements; they are the only ones which can correctly be labeled "wrong.".