Criticism

There is nothing more awful, insulting, and depressing than banality.

There is nothing more awful, insulting, and depressing than banality.

Pay no attention to what the critics say; no statue has ever been erected to a critic.

Pay no attention to what the critics say; no statue has ever been erected to a critic.

Every potter praises his pot, and all the more if it is cracked.

Every potter praises his pot, and all the more if it is cracked.

Spanish proverbs

An honest man is not the worse because a dog barks at him.

An honest man is not the worse because a dog barks at him.

Danish proverbs

Instead of worrying about what people say of you, why not spend time trying to accomplish something they will admire.

Instead of worrying about what people say of you, why not spend time trying to accomplish something they will admire.

A good friend who points out mistakes and imperfections and rebukes evil is to be respected as if he reveals a secret of hidden treasure.

A good friend who points out mistakes and imperfections and rebukes evil is to be respected as if he reveals a secret of hidden treasure.

There is only one way to avoid criticism: do nothing, say nothing, and be nothing.

There is only one way to avoid criticism: do nothing, say nothing, and be nothing.

Do what you feel in your heart to be right - for you'll be criticized anyway.

Do what you feel in your heart to be right - for you'll be criticized anyway.

Eleanor Roosevelt

Whenever you are about to find fault with someone, ask yourself the following question: What fault of mine most nearly resembles the one I am about to criticize?.

Whenever you are about to find fault with someone, ask yourself the following question: What fault of mine most nearly resembles the one I am about to criticize?.

Marcus Aurelius

By a curious confusion, many modern critics have passed from the proposition that a masterpiece may be unpopular to the other proposition that unless it is unpopular it cannot be a masterpiece.

By a curious confusion, many modern critics have passed from the proposition that a masterpiece may be unpopular to the other proposition that unless it is unpopular it cannot be a masterpiece.

G.K. Chesterton

The more you observe politics, the more you've got to admit that each party is worse than the other.

The more you observe politics, the more you've got to admit that each party is worse than the other.

There is only one thing in life worse than being talked about, and that is not being talked about.

There is only one thing in life worse than being talked about, and that is not being talked about.

The worst advertisement for Socialism is its adherents.

The worst advertisement for Socialism is its adherents.

Those who look for the bad in people will surely find it.

Those who look for the bad in people will surely find it.

Abraham Lincoln

'Classic' - a book which people praise and don't read.

'Classic' - a book which people praise and don't read.

Everyone seems to have a clear idea of how other people should lead their lives, but none about his or her own.

Everyone seems to have a clear idea of how other people should lead their lives, but none about his or her own.