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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However things may seem, no evil thing is success and no good thing is failure.

However things may seem, no evil thing is success and no good thing is failure.

Thought takes man out of servitude, into freedom.

Thought takes man out of servitude, into freedom.

Nature is a revelation of God; Art is a revelation of man

Nature is a revelation of God; Art is a revelation of man

He that respects himself is safe from others. He wears a coat of mail that...

He that respects himself is safe from others. He wears a coat of mail that...

Do not condemn the judgment of another because it differs from your own. You may...

Do not condemn the judgment of another because it differs from your own. You may...

The human voice is the organ of the soul.

The human voice is the organ of the soul.

That which the fountain sends forth returns again to the fountain.

That which the fountain sends forth returns again to the fountain.

Art is the child of Nature; yes, her darling child, in whom we trace the...

Art is the child of Nature; yes, her darling child, in whom we trace the...

Love gives itself; it is not bought

Love gives itself; it is not bought

Give what you have to somebody, it may be better than you think.

Give what you have to somebody, it may be better than you think.

I feel a kind of reverence for the first books of young authors. There is...

I feel a kind of reverence for the first books of young authors. There is...

The best thing one can do when it's raining is to let it rain.

The best thing one can do when it's raining is to let it rain.

It takes less time to do a thing right, than it does to explain why...

It takes less time to do a thing right, than it does to explain why...

The mind of the scholar, if he would leave it large and liberal, should come...

The mind of the scholar, if he would leave it large and liberal, should come...

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.

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...

The rapture of pursuing is the prize the vanquished gain.

The rapture of pursuing is the prize the vanquished gain.

Intelligence and courtesy not always are combined; Often in a wooden house a golden room...

Intelligence and courtesy not always are combined; Often in a wooden house a golden room...

Afterism (n) - A concise, clever statement you don't think of until too late.

Afterism (n) - A concise, clever statement you don't think of until too late.

You can have all the intelligence in the world and don't have enough stamina. I...

You can have all the intelligence in the world and don't have enough stamina. I...