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When my time on earth is gone, and my activities here are passed, I want they bury me upside down, read more
When my time on earth is gone, and my activities here are passed, I want they bury me upside down, and my critics can kiss my ass!
 As soon
 Seek roses in December--ice in June,
  Hope, constancy in wind, or corn in chaff;
 read more 
 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. 
 "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. 
 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. 
 Said the pot to the kettle, "Get away, blackface."
 [Sp., Dijo la sarten a la caldera, quitate alla ojinegra.]  
 Said the pot to the kettle, "Get away, blackface."
 [Sp., Dijo la sarten a la caldera, quitate alla ojinegra.] 
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.
People ask for criticism, but they only want praise.
People ask for criticism, but they only want praise.
 Though by whim, envy, or resentment led,
 They damn those authors whom they never read.  
 Though by whim, envy, or resentment led,
 They damn those authors whom they never read. 
Ill writers are usually the sharpest censors.
Ill writers are usually the sharpest censors.