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Ill writers are usually the sharpest censors.
Ill writers are usually the sharpest censors.
As soon
Seek roses in December--ice in June,
Hope, constancy in wind, or corn in chaff;
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As soon
Seek roses in December--ice in June,
Hope, constancy in wind, or corn in chaff;
Believe a woman or an epitaph,
Or any other thing that's false, before
You trust in critics.
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.
When I read the rules of criticism, I immediately inquire after
the works of the author who has written read more
When I read the rules of criticism, I immediately inquire after
the works of the author who has written them, and by that means
discover what it is he likes in a composition.
Critics? Don't talk to me of critics! You think some jackanapes journalist, his soul eaten away by the maggots of read more
Critics? Don't talk to me of critics! You think some jackanapes journalist, his soul eaten away by the maggots of jealousy and failure, has anything worthwhile to say of art? I don't.
Give no time to finding fault of criticism.
Give no time to finding fault of criticism.
What distinguishes modern art from the art of other ages is criticism.
What distinguishes modern art from the art of other ages is criticism.
When my time on earth is gone, and my activities here are passed, I want they bury me upside down, read more
When my time on earth is gone, and my activities here are passed, I want they bury me upside down, and my critics can kiss my ass!
It is much easier to be critical that to be correct.
It is much easier to be critical that to be correct.
