Censure Quote by John Dryden Download Open image “Much malice mingled with a little wit Perhaps may censure this mysterious writ.” — John Dryden ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.8 out of 5 (10 ratings) Copy quoteShare Censure Littles Malice May Mysterious Wit Writing
It is possible that the malice of writers has been overrated (by myself among others). Reading their ruminations on their craft, one sees why… — Wilfrid Sheed Copy Share Image
“The unknown characters of writing seem to be endowed with an evil of life of their own as though sentient, and fain would wrest… — E. Hoffman Price Copy Share Image
“She did not think it any coincidence that ideas denigrating literary authorship had taken center stage simultaneously with the emergence of formerly silent voices… — Jane Smiley Copy Share Image
“I have come to see this fear, this sense of my own imperilment by my creations, as not only an inevitable, necessary part of… — Michael Chabon Copy Share Image
“What did one see if one looked in any depth into the world of this writer's fiction? Elegant self-control concealing from the world's eyes… — Thomas Mann Copy Share Image
And a more foolish notion can scarcely be imagined, it being obvious that the reader is only informed of what the writer wishes him… — Iain Pears Copy Share Image
Nothing so fretful, so despicable as a Scribbler, see what I am, and what a parcel of Scoundrels I have brought about my ears,… — Lord Byron Copy Share Image
“He showed, in a few words, that it is not sufficient to throw together a few incidents that are to be met with in… — Voltaire Copy Share Image
We find few historians who have been diligent enough in their search for truth; it is their common method to take on trust what… — John Dryden Copy Share Image
Trust on and think To-morrow will repay; To-morrow's falser than the former day; Lies worse; and while it says, we shall be blest With… — John Dryden Copy Share Image
To take up half on trust, and half to try, Name it not faith but bungling bigotry. — John Dryden Copy Share Image
And after hearing what our Church can say, If still our reason runs another way, That private reason 'tis more just to curb, Than… — John Dryden Copy Share Image
A coward is the kindest animal; 'Tis the most forgiving creature in a fight. — John Dryden Copy Share Image
Reason to rule, mercy to forgive: The first is law, the last prerogative. Life is an adventure in forgiveness. — John Dryden Copy Share Image
He with a graceful pride, While his rider every hand survey'd, Sprung loose, and flew into an escapade; Not moving forward, yet with every… — John Dryden Copy Share Image
Men's virtues I have commended as freely as I have taxed their crimes. — John Dryden Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
Let such teach others who themselves excel, And censure freely who have written well. — Alexander Pope Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
Why should we censure Othello when the Criterion Lover says, "Thou shalt have no other Gods before Me"? — Emily Dickinson Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
Dat veniam corvis, vexat censura columbas. - Censure acquits the raven, but pursues the dove. — Juvenal Copy Share Image
John Doyle just knows how to feed actors, and what comes out of us, good, bad, right, wrong, doesn't matter. There's no fear or… — Patti LuPone Copy Share Image
The stage I chose--a subject fair and free-- 'Tis yours--'tis mine--'tis public property. All common exhibitions open lie, For praise or censure, to the… — Charles Churchill Copy Share Image
Praise from a friend, or censure from a foe, Are lost on hearers that our merits know. — Alexander Pope Copy Share Image
