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    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.

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When we judge or criticize another person, it says nothing about that person; it merely says something about our own read more

When we judge or criticize another person, it says nothing about that person; it merely says something about our own need to be critical.

by Winston Churchill Found in: Criticism Quotes,
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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.

by Samuel Johnson Found in: Criticism Quotes,
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The rule in carving holds good as to criticism; never cut with a knife what you can cut with a read more

The rule in carving holds good as to criticism; never cut with a knife what you can cut with a spoon.

by Charles Buxton Found in: Criticism Quotes,
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He was in Logic, a great critic,
Profoundly skill'd in Analytic;
He could distinguish, and divide
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He was in Logic, a great critic,
Profoundly skill'd in Analytic;
He could distinguish, and divide
A hair 'twixt south and south-west side.

by Samuel Butler Found in: Criticism Quotes,
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Who shall dispute what the Reviewers say?
Their word's sufficient; and to ask a reason,
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Who shall dispute what the Reviewers say?
Their word's sufficient; and to ask a reason,
In such a state as theirs, is downright treason.

by Charles Churchill Found in: Criticism Quotes,
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"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.

by James Thomas Fields Found in: Criticism Quotes,
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It is much easier to be critical than to be correct.

It is much easier to be critical than to be correct.

by Benjamin Disraeli Found in: Criticism Quotes,
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To avoid criticism, do nothing, say nothing, and be nothing.

To avoid criticism, do nothing, say nothing, and be nothing.

by Elbert Hubbard Found in: Criticism Quotes,
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What distinguishes modern art from the art of other ages is criticism.

What distinguishes modern art from the art of other ages is criticism.

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