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It is much easier to be critical that to be correct.
It is much easier to be critical that to be correct.
"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.
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.
To avoid criticism, do nothing, say nothing, and be nothing.
To avoid criticism, do nothing, say nothing, and be nothing.
The press, the pulpit, and the stage,
Conspire to censure and expose our age.
The press, the pulpit, and the stage,
Conspire to censure and expose our age.
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.
Ill writers are usually the sharpest censors.
Ill writers are usually the sharpest censors.
A servile race
Who, in mere want of fault, all merit place;
Who blind obedience pay to read more
A servile race
Who, in mere want of fault, all merit place;
Who blind obedience pay to ancient schools,
Bigots to Greece, and slaves to musty rules.
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.