A true critic ought to dwell upon excellencies rather than imperfections, to discover the concealed beauties of a writer, and communicate to the world such things as are worth their observation.

Quote by Joseph Addison

Topics: Criticism Quotes, Imperfection Quotes

Mirth is like a flash of lightning, that breaks through a gloom of clouds, and...

Mirth is like a flash of lightning, that breaks through a gloom of clouds, and...

Cheerfulness keeps up a kind of daylight in the mind, filling it with a steady...

Cheerfulness keeps up a kind of daylight in the mind, filling it with a steady...

To say that authority, whether secular or religious, supplies no ground for morality is not...

To say that authority, whether secular or religious, supplies no ground for morality is not...

Friendships, in general, are suddenly contracted; and therefore it is no wonder they are easily...

Friendships, in general, are suddenly contracted; and therefore it is no wonder they are easily...

Talking with a friend is nothing else but thinking aloud.

Talking with a friend is nothing else but thinking aloud.

Better to die ten thousand deaths than wound my honor.

Better to die ten thousand deaths than wound my honor.

An ostentatious man will rather relate a blunder or an absurdity he has committed, than...

An ostentatious man will rather relate a blunder or an absurdity he has committed, than...

Cheerfulness is the best promoter of health, and is as friendly to the mind as...

Cheerfulness is the best promoter of health, and is as friendly to the mind as...

To a man of pleasure every moment appears to be lost, which partakes not of...

To a man of pleasure every moment appears to be lost, which partakes not of...

Jesters do often prove prophets.

Jesters do often prove prophets.

If men would consider not so much where they differ, as wherein they agree, there...

If men would consider not so much where they differ, as wherein they agree, there...

To be an atheist requires an infinitely greater measure of faith than to receive all...

To be an atheist requires an infinitely greater measure of faith than to receive all...

I... recommend to every one of my Readers, the keeping a Journal of their Lives...

I... recommend to every one of my Readers, the keeping a Journal of their Lives...

To be an atheist requires an indefinitely greater measure of faith than to recieve all...

To be an atheist requires an indefinitely greater measure of faith than to recieve all...

The woman that deliberates is lost.

The woman that deliberates is lost.

Plenty of people wish to become devout, but no one wishes to be humble.

Plenty of people wish to become devout, but no one wishes to be humble.

The friendships of the world are oft confederacies in vice, or leagues of pleasures.

The friendships of the world are oft confederacies in vice, or leagues of pleasures.

The post of honour is a private station.

The post of honour is a private station.

It is not our purpose to become each other; it is to recognize each other,...

It is not our purpose to become each other; it is to recognize each other,...

There has never been a statue erected to honor a critic.

There has never been a statue erected to honor a critic.