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    Reviewers are usually people who would have been poets,
    historians, biographers, etc., if they could: they have tried
    their talents at one or the other, and have failed; therefore
    they turn critics.

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Honest criticism is hard to take - especially when it comes from a relative, a friend, an acquaintance, or a read more

Honest criticism is hard to take - especially when it comes from a relative, a friend, an acquaintance, or a stranger.

by Franklin Jones 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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Blame where you must, be candid where you can,
And be each critic the Good-natured Man.

Blame where you must, be candid where you can,
And be each critic the Good-natured Man.

by Oliver Goldsmith Found in: Criticism Quotes,
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Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.

Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.

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I never give them hell; I just tell them the truth and they think it is hell.

I never give them hell; I just tell them the truth and they think it is hell.

by Harry S. Truman Found in: Criticism Quotes,
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Animals are such agreeable friends - they ask no questions, they pass no criticisms.

Animals are such agreeable friends - they ask no questions, they pass no criticisms.

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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.

by Walter Winchell Found in: Criticism Quotes,
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People ask for criticism, but they only want praise.

People ask for criticism, but they only want praise.

by Somerset Maugham 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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