The villain's censure is extorted praise.

Every government interference in the economy consists of giving an unearned benefit, extorted by force, to some men at the expense of others.

— Ayn Rand

“had stalked and extorted her for years, he had felt pity”

— R.T. Wolfe

“the Nazis extorted the Jews still remaining in Rome’s ghetto, demanding a payment of fifty kilos of gold in thirty-six hours in return for…

— Mark T. Sullivan

To be governed is, under pretext of public utility and in the name of the general interest, to be laid under contribution, drilled, fleeced,…

— Pierre-Joseph Proudhon

Let such teach others who themselves excel, And censure freely who have written well.

— Alexander Pope

Ten censure wrong for one who writes amiss.

— Alexander Pope

Careless of censure, nor too fond of fame, Still pleased to praise, yet not afraid to blame, Averse alike to flatter or offend, Not…

— Alexander Pope

Praise from a friend, or censure from a foe, Are lost on hearers that our merits know.

— Alexander Pope

Assuming that two-thirds of the Senate will not vote to remove the president, what is the alternative? I think we need to explore that…

— Thad Cochran

Why should we censure Othello when the Criterion Lover says, "Thou shalt have no other Gods before Me"?

— Emily Dickinson

The praise of the envious is far less creditable than their censure; they praise only that which they can surpass, but that which surpasses…

— Charles Caleb Colton

If there should chance to be any mathematicians who, ignorant in mathematics yet pretending to skill in that science, should dare, upon the authority…

— Nicolaus Copernicus

“[M]an is not permitted without censure to follow his own thoughts in the search of truth, when they lead him ever so little out…

— John Locke

I have often met with happiness after some imprudent step which ought to have brought ruin upon me, and although passing a vote of…

— Giacomo Casanova

For war to man, like childbirth to women, is simplifying in its emotions and activities. All the real problems of life can be put…

— Pearl S. Buck