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Quotations
On Criticism
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- He
whose
first emotion, on the
view of an excellent production, is to undervalue it, will never have
one
of his own to show.—Aiken.
- Neither
praise nor blame is
the object of true criticism. Justly to discriminate, firmly to
establish,
wisely to prescribe and honestly to award—these are the true aims and
duties
of criticism.—Simms.
- Censure
and criticism never
hurt anybody. If false, they can't hurt you unless you are wanting in
manly
character; and if true, they show a man his weak points, and forewarn
him
against failure and trouble.—Gladstone.
- It is
easy
to criticise an author,
but it is difficult to appreciate him.—Vauvenargues.
- It is
much
easier to be critical
than to be correct.—Beaconsfield.
- He who
would reproach an author
for obscurity should look into his own mind to see whether it is quite
clear there. In the dusk the plainest writing is illegible.—Goethe.
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- There
is a
certain meddlesome
spirit, which, in the garb of learned research, goes prying about the
traces
of history, casting down its monuments, and marring and mutilating its
fairest trophies. Care should be taken to vindicate great names from
such
pernicious erudition.—Washington Irving.
A man must
serve his
time to ev'ry trade,
Save
censure; critics
all are ready-made.
—Author
Unknown
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