Criticism Quote by Solomon Ibn Gabirol Download Open image “A man’s mind is hidden in his writings: criticism brings it to light.” — Solomon Ibn Gabirol ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.2 out of 5 (10 ratings) Copy quoteShare Criticism Light Men Mind Psychology Writing
“Mind is the Master power that moulds and makes, And Man is Mind, and evermore he takes The tool of Thought, and, shaping what… — James Allen Copy Share Image
“A man's work reveals him. In social intercourse he gives you the surface that he wishes the world to accept, but in his book… — W. Somerset Maugham Copy Share Image
“This interest in reflections, fictions, dreams, thoughts, images, is the basic reason why man cannot know himself. He is not interested at all in… — Osho Copy Share Image
The literary man? An indiscreet man, who devaluates his miseries, divulges them, tells them like so many beads: immodesty-the sideshow of second thoughts-is his… — Emile M. Cioran Copy Share Image
It is remarkable how a man cannot summarize his thoughts in even the most general sort of way without betraying himself completely, without putting… — Thomas Mann Copy Share Image
The true critic is he who bears within himself the dreams and ideas and feelings of myriad generations, and to whom no form of… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
A man should learn to detect and watch that gleam of light which flashes across his mind from within, more than the lustre of… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
“A man’s work reveals him. In social intercourse he gives you the surface that he wishes the world to accept, and you can only… — W. Somerset Maugham Copy Share Image
Literature is strewn with the wreckage of men who have minded beyond reason the opinions of others. — Virginia Woolf Copy Share Image
“The writer in him is only the shadow of the man, though so often we observe men whose art of writing is so great,… — Stefan Zweig Copy Share Image
Literary critics, however, frequently suffer from a curious belief that every author longs to extend the boundaries of literary art, wants to explore new… — Robertson Davies Copy Share Image
There are three types of friends: those like food without which you can't live those like medicine which you need occasionally and those like… — Solomon Ibn Gabirol Copy Share Image
If you want to keep something concealed from your enemy, don't disclose it to your friend. — Solomon Ibn Gabirol Copy Share Image
There are four types of men in this world: 1. The man who knows, and knows that he knows; he is wise, so consult… — Solomon Ibn Gabirol Copy Share Image
The first step in the acquisition of wisdom is silence, the second listening, the third memory, the fourth practice, the fifth teaching others. — Solomon Ibn Gabirol Copy Share Image
Plan for this world as if you expect to live forever; but plan for the hereafter as if you expect to die tomorrow. — Solomon Ibn Gabirol Copy Share Image
I am better able to retract what I did not say than what I did. — Solomon Ibn Gabirol Copy Share Image
Regardless of the criticisms I receive from the left, the right and the middle, I think it's important to maintain a prolific writing jab,… — Ishmael Reed Copy Share Image
I receive something we might euphemistically call an 'inappropriately hostile' response - that is to say, more than fair criticism or even fair anger… — Mary Beard Copy Share Image
A common fallacy in much of the adverse criticism to which science is subjected today is that it claims certainty, infallibility and complete emotional… — Cyril Norman Hinshelwood Copy Share Image
For some reason, we are truly convinced that if we criticize ourselves, the criticism will lead to change. If we are harsh, we believe… — Geneen Roth Copy Share Image
I reject criticism because the last thing I wanted was to sit there and look at people talking. I think people are conditioned to… — Matt Tyrnauer Copy Share Image
I'm more comfortable modelling as a man because I don't get any criticism. — Rain Dove Copy Share Image
I don't mind positive criticism, but when it is negative and personal, it is quite hard. — Inzamam-ul-Haq Copy Share Image
Judge a person not by his ability to make money but by his ability to retain it. — Vikrant Parsai Copy Share Image
Everything is allowable in literature, but what is not allowable in criticism is objection on the grounds of probability. — Howard Jacobson Copy Share Image
Lots of relationships fail because we spend more time pointing out each other's mistakes and not enough time enjoying each other's company. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
If our aim is to praise, we should forget to criticize; if our aim is to criticize, we should remember to praise — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
No man can be criticised but by a greater than he. Do not, then, read the reviews. — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
