Alexander Pope Quotes About Criticism

Quotes about: Criticism

• Fools admire, but men of sense approve.

  Alexander Pope

  Men, Stupidity, Criticism

  'An Essay on Criticism' (1711) l. 390

• Did some more sober critics come abroad? If wrong, I smil'd; if right, I kiss'd the rod.

  Alexander Pope

  Kissing, Criticism, Sober

  Alexander Pope (1778). “The works of Alexander Pope, Esq: In four volumes complete. With his last corrections, additions, and improvements. Carefully collated and compared with former editions: together with notes from the various critics and commentators”, p.7

• A perfect Judge will read each work of Wit
  With the same spirit that its author writ:
  Survey the Whole, nor seek slight faults to find
  Where nature moves, and rapture warms the mind.

  Alexander Pope

  Moving, Perfect, Judging

  Alexander Pope (1804). “A Select Collection of Poems: Viz. An Essay on Man; An Essay on Criticism; The Messiah; &c. &c. ... To which are Prefixed, An Account of the Life of the Author”, p.105

• I lose my patience, and I own it too,
  When works are censur'd, not as bad but new;
  While if our Elders break all reason's laws,
  These fools demand not pardon but Applause.

  Alexander Pope

  Law, Criticism, Demand

  Alexander Pope, William Warburton (1751). “The Works of Alexander Pope: Esq., with His Last Corrections, Additions, and Improvements; as They Were Delivered to the Editor a Little Before His Death; Together with the Commentaries and Notes of Mr. Warburton”, p.129

• And you, my Critics! in the chequer'd shade,
  Admire new light thro' holes yourselves have made.

  Alexander Pope

  Light, Criticism, Shade

  Alexander Pope (1789). “The Works of Alexander Pope, Esq: ...”, p.198

• Ten censure wrong for one who writes amiss.

  Alexander Pope

  Writing, Criticism, Censure

  Alexander Pope (1853). “The poetical works of Alexander Pope”

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