"Censure acquits the raven, but pursues the dove."

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"I have never been able to look upon America as young and vital but rather as prematurely old, as a fruit which rotted before it had a chance to ripen."

Henry Miller, American Author

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"I suspect that most authors don't really want criticism, not even constructive criticism. They want straight-out, unabashed, unashamed, fulsome, informed, naked praise, arriving by the shipload every fifteen minutes or so."

Neil Gaiman, British Author

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"There is no such thing as constructive criticism. There is constructive advice, constructive guidance, constructive counsel, encouragement, suggestion, and instruction. Criticism, however, is not constructive but a destructive means of faultfinding that cripples all parties involved. Don't be fooled into thinking otherwise."

Richelle E. Goodrich, American Poet

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"Their is no defense against criticism except obscurity."

Joseph Addison, English Writer

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"Learn to brush off criticism as easily as you brush aside hollow compliments."

Richelle E. Goodrich, American Poet

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"A cynic is a man who, when he smells flowers, looks around for a coffin."

H. L. Mencken, American Writer

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"But was there ever dog that praised his fleas?"

William Butler Yeats, Irish Poet

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"The unflattering reviews are painful for short periods of time; the badly written ones are deeply, deeply insulting. That reviewer took no time to really read the book."

Toni Morrison, American Novelist

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"Criticism is prejudice made plausible."

H. L. Mencken, American Writer

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"Some who have read the book, or at any rate reviewed it, have found it boring, absurd, or contemptible; and I have no reason to complain, since I have similar opinions of their work, or of the kinds of writing that they evidently prefer."

J. R. R. Tolkien, English Novelist

Criticism, Writing, Work

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"I have never been able to look upon America as young and vital but rather as prematurely old, as a fruit which rotted before it had a chance to ripen."

"I suspect that most authors don't really want criticism, not even constructive criticism. They want straight-out, unabashed, unashamed, fulsome, informed, naked praise, arriving by the shipload every fifteen minutes or so."

"Their is no defense against criticism except obscurity."

"Learn to brush off criticism as easily as you brush aside hollow compliments."

"A cynic is a man who, when he smells flowers, looks around for a coffin."

"But was there ever dog that praised his fleas?"

"The unflattering reviews are painful for short periods of time; the badly written ones are deeply, deeply insulting. That reviewer took no time to really read the book."

"Criticism is prejudice made plausible."

"Some who have read the book, or at any rate reviewed it, have found it boring, absurd, or contemptible; and I have no reason to complain, since I have similar opinions of their work, or of the kinds of writing that they evidently prefer."

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"I wish it, I command it. Let my will take the place of a reason."

"All wish to possess knowledge, but few, comparatively speaking, are willing to pay the price."

"Our virtues are most frequently but vices disguised."

"It is not easy for men to rise whose qualities are thwarted by poverty."

"A child is owed the greatest respect; if you have ever have something disgraceful in mind, don't ignore your son's tender years."

"Never does nature say one thing and wisdom another."

"This is his first punishment, that by the verdict of his own heart no guilty man is acquitted."

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