We
might remind ourselves that criticism is as
inevitable as breathing, and that we should be none
the worse for articulating what passes in our minds
when we read a book and feel an emotion about it,
for criticizing our own minds in their work of
criticism.
-- T. S. Eliot
1888-1965,
American-born British Poet, Critic
Blame
is safer than praise.
-- Ralph Waldo
Emerson
1803-1882, American
Poet, Essayist
Men
over forty are no judges of a book written in a new
spirit.
-- Ralph Waldo
Emerson
1803-1882, American
Poet, Essayist
If
evil be spoken of you and it be true, correct
yourself, if it be a lie, laugh at it.
-- Epictetus
50-120, Stoic
Philosopher
