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How much easier it is to be critical than to be correct.
How much easier it is to be critical than to be correct.
When we judge or criticize another person, it says nothing about that person; it merely says something about our own read more
When we judge or criticize another person, it says nothing about that person; it merely says something about our own need to be critical.
Even the lion has to defend himself against flies.
Even the lion has to defend himself against flies.
Philosophers, as things now stand, are all too fond of offering criticism from on high instead of studying and understanding read more
Philosophers, as things now stand, are all too fond of offering criticism from on high instead of studying and understanding things from within.
Said the pot to the kettle, "Get away, blackface."
[Sp., Dijo la sarten a la caldera, quitate alla ojinegra.]
Said the pot to the kettle, "Get away, blackface."
[Sp., Dijo la sarten a la caldera, quitate alla ojinegra.]
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.
They who write ill, and they who ne'er durst write,
Turn critics out of mere revenge and spite.
They who write ill, and they who ne'er durst write,
Turn critics out of mere revenge and spite.
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.
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.
