"To avoid criticism, do nothing, say nothing,..." - Quote by Elbert Hubbard
To avoid criticism, do nothing, say nothing, and be nothing.
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“What people need and what they want may be very different.... Teachers are those who educate the people to appreciate the things they need.”
“It is a fine thing to have ability, but the ability to discover ability in others is the true test.”
“Self-control is the ability to restrain a laugh at the wrong place.”
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“Report of fashions in proud Italy Whose manners still our tardy-apish nation Limps after in base imitation”
“English plays, Atrocious in content, Absurd in form, Objectionable in action, Execrable EnglishTheatre.”
“No publisher should ever express an opinion on the value of what he publishes. That is a matter entirely for the literary critic to decide. I can quite understand how any ordinary critic would be strongly prejudiced against a work that was accompanied by a premature and unnecessary panegyric from the publisher. A publisher is simply a useful middle-man. It is not for him to anticipate the verdict of criticism.”
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“A man who possesses a veneration of life will not simply say his prayers. He will throw himself into the battle to preserve life, if for no other reason than that he himself is an extension of life around him.”
“We are not here to curse the darkness, but to light the candle that can guide us through that darkness to a safe and sane future.”
“I call not upon a few, but upon all: not on this state or that state, but on every state; up and help us; lay your shoulders to the wheel; better have too much force than too little, when so great an object is at stake.”