Ill writers are usually the sharpest censors.

Ill writers are usually the sharpest censors.

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.

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.

How much easier it is to be critical than to be correct.

How much easier it is to be critical than to be correct.

Any fool can criticize, condemn, and complain but it takes character and self control to be understanding and forgiving.

Any fool can criticize, condemn, and complain but it takes character and self control to be understanding and forgiving.

Too nicely Jonson knew the critic's part,
Nature in him was almost lost in art.

Too nicely Jonson knew the critic's part,
Nature in him was almost lost in art.

People ask for criticism, but they only want praise.

People ask for criticism, but they only want praise.

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.

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.