"Scorn not the sonnet. Critic, you have frowned,……" — William Wordsworth
"Scorn not the sonnet. Critic, you have frowned, Mindless of its just honours; with this key Shakespeare unlocked his heart."
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William Wordsworth
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408 Quotes by William Wordsworth
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We have no knowledge, that is, no general principles drawn from the contemplation of particular facts, but what has been…
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The child is the father of man.
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Strongest minds are often those whom the noisy world hears least.
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Like an army defeated the snow hath retreated.
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Spires whose "silent finger points to heaven."
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Laying out grounds may be considered a liberal art, in some sort like poetry and painting.
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Father! - to God himself we cannot give a holier name.
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A flock of sheep that leisurely pass by One after one; the sound of rain, and bees Murmuring; the fall…
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My apprehension comes in crowds, I dread the rustling of the grass, The very shadows of the clouds, Have power…
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For youthful faults ripe virtues shall atone.
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All men feel a habitual gratitude, and something of an honorable bigotry, for the objects which have long continued to…
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Like thoughts whose very sweetness yielded proof that they were born for immortality.
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More Critic Quotes
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I don't listen to what art critics say. I don't know anybody who needs a critic to find out what…
— Jean-Michel Basquiat
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A true critic ought to dwell upon excellencies rather than imperfections, to discover the concealed beauties of a writer, and…
— Joseph Addison
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The art of the critic in a nutshell: to coin slogans without betraying ideas. The slogans of an inadequate criticism…
— Walter Benjamin
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Painting, n.: The art of protecting flat surfaces from the weather, and exposing them to the critic.
— Ambrose Bierce
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I am a Zionist, an ardent supporter of Israel, its defender when I deem Israel to be right and its…
— Theodore Bikel
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A good writer is not, per se, a good book critic. No more so than a good drunk is automatically…
— Jim Bishop
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Be a doer and not a critic.
— Tony Blair
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I'm my worst critic, and I like the fact that I can listen to myself now and make fun of…
— Mary J. Blige
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Now everyone is a critic.
— Christina Aguilera
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I am a great admirer of other actors, but I never compete with other actors. I always compete with what…
— Michael Caine
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A career public speaker is not what I'm called to be. I'm called to be a critic.
— Tony Campolo
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Good critical writing is measured by the perception and evaluation of the subject; bad critical writing by the necessity of…
— Raymond Chandler
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