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I criticize by creation--not by finding fault.
I criticize by creation--not by finding fault.
All who (like him) have writ ill plays before,
For they, like thieves, condemned, are hangman made,
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All who (like him) have writ ill plays before,
For they, like thieves, condemned, are hangman made,
To execute the members of their trade.
People ask for criticism, but they only want praise.
People ask for criticism, but they only want praise.
The one who understands does not speak; the one who speaks does not understand
The one who understands does not speak; the one who speaks does not understand
A friend is the one who comes in when the whole world has gone out.
A friend is the one who comes in when the whole world has gone out.
To understand the heart and mind of a person, look not at what he has already achieved, but at what read more
To understand the heart and mind of a person, look not at what he has already achieved, but at what he aspires to.
He who does not understand your silence will probably not understand your words.
He who does not understand your silence will probably not understand your words.
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.
It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where read more
It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly; who errs and comes short again and again; because there is not effort without error and shortcomings; but who does actually strive to do the deed; who knows the great enthusiasm, the great devotion, who spends himself in a worthy cause, who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement and who at the worst, if he fails, at least he fails while daring greatly. So that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who know neither victory nor defeat.
