Critics are sentinels in the grand army of letters, stationed at the corners of newspapers and reviews, to challenge every new author.

Quote by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

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Love gives itself; it is not bought.

Love gives itself; it is not bought.

Music is the universal language of mankind

Music is the universal language of mankind

As to the pure mind all things are pure, so to the poetic mind all...

As to the pure mind all things are pure, so to the poetic mind all...

Being all fashioned of the self-same dust, let us be merciful as well as just

Being all fashioned of the self-same dust, let us be merciful as well as just

For his heart was in his work, and the heart giveth grace unto every art.

For his heart was in his work, and the heart giveth grace unto every art.

And the night shall be filled with music, and the cares that infest the day...

And the night shall be filled with music, and the cares that infest the day...

There is no grief like the grief that does not speak

There is no grief like the grief that does not speak

We judge ourselves by what we feel capable of doing, while others judge us by...

We judge ourselves by what we feel capable of doing, while others judge us by...

Music is the universal language of mankind.

Music is the universal language of mankind.

All things must change to something new, to something strange.

All things must change to something new, to something strange.

There is no grief like the grief that does not speak.

There is no grief like the grief that does not speak.

All things come round to him who will but wait.

All things come round to him who will but wait.

Age is opportunity no less than youth itself.

Age is opportunity no less than youth itself.

The strength of criticism lies in the weakness of the thing criticized.

The strength of criticism lies in the weakness of the thing criticized.

Most people would succeed in small things if they were not troubled with great ambitions.

Most people would succeed in small things if they were not troubled with great ambitions.

You would attain to the divine perfection, And yet not turn your back upon the...

You would attain to the divine perfection, And yet not turn your back upon the...

Sorrow and silence are strong, and patient endurance is godlike.

Sorrow and silence are strong, and patient endurance is godlike.

The counterfeit and counterpart of Nature is reproduced in art.

The counterfeit and counterpart of Nature is reproduced in art.

If you would hit the mark, you must aim a little above it.

If you would hit the mark, you must aim a little above it.

A torn jacket is soon mended; but hard words bruise the heart of a child.

A torn jacket is soon mended; but hard words bruise the heart of a child.