Whenever you feel like criticizing any one...just remember that all the people in this world haven't had the advantages that read more

Whenever you feel like criticizing any one...just remember that all the people in this world haven't had the advantages that you've had.

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.

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.

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.

I criticize by creation--not by finding fault.

I criticize by creation--not by finding fault.

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

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

Even the lion has to defend himself against flies.

Even the lion has to defend himself against flies.

Do what you feel in your heart to be right – for you’ll be criticized anyway.

Do what you feel in your heart to be right – for you’ll be criticized anyway.

But, spite of all the criticising elves,
Those who would make us feel, must feel themselves.

But, spite of all the criticising elves,
Those who would make us feel, must feel themselves.