It is very perplexing how an intrepid frontier people, who fought a wilderness, floods , tornadoes, and the Rockies, cower before criticism, which is regarded as a malignant tumour in the imagination.
Critic - Criticism Quotes
To laugh often and love much; to win the respect of intelligent persons and the affection of children, to earn the approbation of honest critics; to appreciate beauty; to give of one’s self, to leave the world a bit better, whether by a healthy child, a garden patch or a redeemed social condition; to have […]
The rule in carving holds good as to criticism; never cut with a knife what you can cut with a spoon.
This paper will no doubt be found interesting by those who take an interest in it.
Unjust criticism is often a disguised compliment. It often means that you have aroused jealousy and envy. Remember that no one ever kicks a dead dog.
A critic is someone who never actually goes to the battle, yet who afterwards comes out shooting the wounded.
Any fool can criticize, condemn, and complain – and most fools do.
You do ill to praise, but worse to censure, what you do not understand.
Critic, n.: A person who boasts himself hard to please because nobody tries to please him.
Review, v.t. To set your wisdom (holding not a doubt of it. Although in truth there’s neither bone nor skin to it) At work upon a book, and so read out of it The qualities that you have first read into it.
