CRITICISM
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A man must serve his time at ev'ry trade, Save censure; critics all are ready-made. —Byron.
Damn with faint praise, assent with evil leer, And, without sneering, teach the rest to sneer: Willing to wound, and yet afraid to strike, Just hint a fault, and hesitate dislike. —Pope.
THE ARTIST—"Dubbins, the art critic, has slated my pictures unmercifully."
HIS FRIEND—"Oh, don't take any notice of that fellow; he has no ideas of his own—he only repeats like a parrot what everybody else is saying."