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A man must serve his time to every trade
Save censure--critics all are ready made.
Take hackney'd read more
A man must serve his time to every trade
Save censure--critics all are ready made.
Take hackney'd jokes from Miller, got by rote,
With just enough of learning to misquote;
A mind well skill'd to find or forge a fault;
A turn for punning, call it Attic salt;
To Jeffrey go, be silent and discreet,
His pay is just ten sterling pounds per sheet;
Fear not to lie, 'twill seem a lucky hit;
Shrink not from blasphemy, 'twill pass for wit;
Care not for feeling--pass your proper jest,
And stand a critic, hated yet caress'd.
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.
To avoid criticism do nothing, say nothing, be nothing.
To avoid criticism do nothing, say nothing, be nothing.
Whenever you feel like criticizing any one...just remember that all the people in this world haven't had the advantages that read more
Whenever you feel like criticizing any one...just remember that all the people in this world haven't had the advantages that you've had.
Even the lion has to defend himself against flies.
Even the lion has to defend himself against flies.
It is much easier to be critical than to be correct.
It is much easier to be critical than to be correct.
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.
Reviewers are forever telling authors they can't understand them.
The author might often reply: Is that my fault?
Reviewers are forever telling authors they can't understand them.
The author might often reply: Is that my fault?
What distinguishes modern art from the art of other ages is criticism.
What distinguishes modern art from the art of other ages is criticism.
