Critic. Grocott's Familiar Quotations, 6th ed. 189-?

Grocott & Ward, comps. Grocott’s Familiar Quotations, 6th ed. 189-?.

Critic


I am nothing if not critical. Shakespeare.—Othello, Act II. Scene 1. (Iago to Desdemona.)	1
Blame where you must, be candid where you can, And be each critic the good-natured man. Goldsmith.—Epi. to “Good-natured man.”	2
Ah, ne’er so dire a thirst of glory boast, Nor in the critic let the man be lost. Pope.—Essay on Criticism, Part II. Line 523.	3
Critics indeed are valuable men, But hyper-critics are as good again. Jas. Bramston.—The Man of Taste.	4
Sleeping, talking, and laughing, are qualities sufficient to furnish out a critic. Swift.—Sermon 10.	5
He wreathed the rod of criticism with roses. Disraeli.—On Bayle.	6
But his hand drops no flowers. Disraeli.—Curiosities of Lit. Vol. I. Page 15. (Comparing Le Clerc with Bayle.)	7
Who high in letter’d reputation sit, And hold, Astrea-like, the scales of wit. Churchill.—The Apology, Line 11.	8