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Any fool can criticize, condemn and complain and most fools do.
Any fool can criticize, condemn and complain and most fools do.
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.
The public is the only critic whose opinion is worth anything at all.
The public is the only critic whose opinion is worth anything at all.
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.
Criticism, as it was first instituted by Aristotle, was meant as a standard of judging well.
Criticism, as it was first instituted by Aristotle, was meant as a standard of judging well.
To avoid criticism, do nothing, say nothing, and be nothing.
To avoid criticism, do nothing, say nothing, and be nothing.
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.".
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.
The strength of criticism lies in the weakness of the thing criticized.
The strength of criticism lies in the weakness of the thing criticized.
