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If I were to try to read, much less answer, all the attacks made on me, this shop might as well be closed for any other business
He has the right to criticize who has the heart to help
The good critic is he who relates the adventures of his soul among masterpieces
What the public criticizes in you, cultivate. It is you
The public only takes up yesterday as a stick to beat today
A man is a critic when he cannot be an artist, in the same way that a man becomes an informer when he cannot be a soldier
Those readiest to criticise are often least able to appreciate
Criticism even should not be without its charms. When quite devoid of all amenities, it is no longer literary
Professional critics are incapable of distinguishing and appreciating either diamonds in the rough or gold in bars. They are traders, and in literature know only the coins that are current. Their critical lab has scales and weights, but neither crucible or touchstone
The most exquisite words and finest strokes of an author are those which very often appear the most doubtful and exceptionable to a man who wants a relish for polite learning; and they are those which a sour undistinguishing critic generally attacks with the greatest violence
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On Anger: "For every minute you remain angry, you give up sixty seconds of peace of mind."
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On Destiny: "Our destiny exercises its influence over us even when, as yet, we have not learned its nature: it is our future that lays down the law of our today."
Human, All Too Human
Human, All Too Human
On Friendship: "A crowd is not company; and faces are but a gallery of pictures; and talk but a tinkling cymbal, where there is no love."
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