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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.
He has the right to criticize who has the heart to help.
He has the right to criticize who has the heart to help.
Each generation produces its squad of "moderns" with peashooters to attack Gibraltar.
Each generation produces its squad of "moderns" with peashooters to attack Gibraltar.
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.
If you have no will to change it, you have no right to criticize it
If you have no will to change it, you have no right to criticize it
I criticize by creation--not by finding fault.
I criticize by creation--not by finding fault.
Any fool can criticize, condemn and complain and most fools do.
Any fool can criticize, condemn and complain and most fools do.
The most noble criticism is that in which the critic is not the
antagonist so much as the rival read more
The most noble criticism is that in which the critic is not the
antagonist so much as the rival of the author.
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.