You know who critics are?--the men who have failed in literature
and art.

You know who critics are?--the men who have failed in literature
and art.

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

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

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.

Even the lion has to defend himself against flies.

Even the lion has to defend himself against flies.

A servile race
Who, in mere want of fault, all merit place;
Who blind obedience pay to read more

A servile race
Who, in mere want of fault, all merit place;
Who blind obedience pay to ancient schools,
Bigots to Greece, and slaves to musty rules.

He has the right to criticize who has the heart to help.

He has the right to criticize who has the heart to help.

Blame is safer than praise.

Blame is safer than praise.

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

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

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.