Criticism

Ralph Waldo Emerson Essayist, Philosopher, Poet

Criticism

"Don't hang a dismal picture on the wall, and do not daub with sables and glooms in your conversation. Don't be a cynic and disconsolate preacher. Don't bewail and bemoan. Omit the negative propositions. Nerve us with incessant affirmatives. Don't waste yourself in rejection, nor bark against the bad, but chant the beauty of the good. When that is spoken which has a right to be spoken, the chatter and the criticism will stop. Set down nothing that will not help somebody."

Wall Criticism Rejection

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Samuel Johnson Lexicographer, Essayist, Critic

Criticism

"A fly, Sir, may sting a stately horse and make him wince; but, one is but an insect, and the other is a horse still."

Horse Criticism Pet

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Samuel Johnson Lexicographer, Essayist, Critic

Criticism

"Criticism, as it was first instituted by Aristotle, was meant as a standard of judging well."

Firsts Judging Criticism

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Thomas Jefferson Politician, Founding Father

Criticism

"I find the pain of a little censure, even when it is unfounded, is more acute than the pleasure of much praise."

Pain Emotional Criticism

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Rumi Poet, Philosopher

Criticism

"Criticism polishes my mirror."

Mirrors Criticism Polish

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Octavio Paz Poet, Essayist

Criticism

"Social criticism begins with grammar and the re-establishing of meanings."

Criticism Social Grammar

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H. Burke Peterson Religious Leader

Criticism

"Criticism is a destroyer of self-worth and esteem."

Criticism Self Esteem Self Worth

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Napoleon Hill Author, Motivational Speaker

Criticism

"The fear of criticism is at the bottom of the destruction of most ideas which never reach the planning and action stage."

Ideas Action Criticism

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Oscar Wilde Writer

Criticism

"On an occasion of this kind it becomes more than a moral duty to speak one's mind. It becomes a pleasure."

Mind Funny Criticism

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Nelson Mandela Political Leader

Criticism

"It is a grave error for any leader to be oversensitive in the face of criticism"

Leader Errors Criticism

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Marcus Aurelius Philosopher, Emperor

Criticism

"Remember that all is opinion."

Remember Opinion Criticism

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James Russell Lowell Poet, Essayist

Criticism

"A sneer is the weapon of the weak."

Criticism Weapons Weak

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James Taylor Singer-Songwriter

Criticism

"I can take criticisms but not compliments."

I Can Criticism Compliment

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Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Poet, Educator

Criticism

"Critics are sentinels in the grand army of letters, stationed at the corners of newspapers and reviews, to challenge every new author."

Challenges Army Criticism

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Joyce Meyer Author, Speaker

Criticism

"Extremely religious, legalistic people have a criticism or judgment about everyone and everything. They just have a way of bringing people down with what they say."

People Religious Criticism

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Michel Foucault Philosopher, Social Theorist

Criticism

"Methodologically speaking, the rejection by [John] Boswell of the categorical opposition between homosexual and heterosexual, which plays such a significant role in the way our culture conceives of homosexuality, represents an advance not only in scholarship but in cultural criticism as well."

Play Criticism Rejection

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Milan Kundera Writer

Criticism

"Let us consider the critic, therefore, as a discoverer of discoveries."

Discovery Criticism Critics

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Honore de Balzac Novelist

Criticism

"Everything is bilateral in the domain of thought. Ideas are binary. Janus is the myth of criticism and the symbol of genius. Only God is triangular!"

Ideas Genius Criticism

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Kurt Hanks Actor

Criticism

"None are as offended as those who contrive offense."

Criticism Offense Offended

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E. M. Forster Novelist, Essayist

Criticism

"Long books, when read, are usually overpraised, because the reader wishes to convince others and himself that he has not wasted his time."

Book Long Criticism

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