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Censure Quotes by Alexander Pope
- Praise from a friend, or censure from a foe, Are lost on hearers that our merits know.
- Careless of censure, nor too fond of fame, Still pleased to praise, yet not afraid to blame, Averse alike to flatter or offend, Not free…
- Let such teach others who themselves excel, And censure freely who have written well.
More Censure Quotes
- Careless of censure, nor too fond of fame, Still pleased to praise, yet not afraid to blame, Averse alike to flatter or… — Alexander Pope
- We communicate happiness to others not often by great acts of devotion and self-sacrifice, but by the absence of fault-finding and censure,… — Adam Clarke
- He who would acquire fame must not show himself afraid of censure. The dread of censure is the death of genius. — William Gilmore Simms
- Most of our censure of others is only oblique praise of self, uttered to show the wisdom and superiority of the speaker.… — Tryon Edwards
- If a man has the assurance within his own heart that he is worthy, and that he is laboring to the best… — Heber J. Grant
- The liberty of the press is indeed essential to the nature of a free state: but this consists in laying no previous… — William Blackstone
- Criticism can never instruct or benefit you. Its chief effect is that of a telegram with dubious news. Praise leaves no glow… — Ben Hecht
- It is easy for a man who sits idle at home, and has nobody to please but himself, to ridicule or censure… — Samuel Johnson