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He has a right to criticize, who has a heart to help.
He has a right to criticize, who has a heart to help.
People ask for criticism, but they only want praise.
People ask for criticism, but they only want praise.
Reviewers are forever telling authors they can't understand them.
The author might often reply: Is that my fault?
Reviewers are forever telling authors they can't understand them.
The author might often reply: Is that my fault?
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.
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.
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.
The public is the only critic whose opinion is worth anything at all.
The public is the only critic whose opinion is worth anything at all.
Ill writers are usually the sharpest censors.
Ill writers are usually the sharpest censors.
It is much easier to be critical that to be correct.
It is much easier to be critical that to be correct.
