Charles Caleb Colton Quotes About Criticism

Quotes about: Criticism

• When certain persons abuse us, let us ask ourselves what description of characters it is that they admire; we shall often find this a very consolatory question.

  Charles Caleb Colton

  Character, Abuse, Criticism

  Charles Caleb Colton (1836). “Lacon: Or, Many Things in Few Words, Addressed to Those who Think”, p.305

• Criticism is like champagne, nothing more execrable if bad, nothing more excellent if good.

  Charles Caleb Colton

  Criticism, Excellent, Champagne

  Charles Caleb Colton (1866). “Lacon: or, Many things in few words”, p.55

• Criticism discloses that which it would fain conceal, but conceals that which it professes to disclose; it is therefore, read by the discerning, not to discover the merits of an author, but the motives of his critic.

  Charles Caleb Colton

  Criticism, Merit, Motive

  Charles Caleb Colton (1824). “Lacon, Or, Many Things in a Few Words: Addressed to Those who Think”, p.230

• Criticism is like champagne, nothing more execrable if bad, nothing more excellent if good; if meagre, muddy, vapid and sour, both are fit only to engender colic and wind; but if rich, generous and sparkling, they communicate a genial glow to the spirits, improve the taste, and expand the heart.

  Charles Caleb Colton

  Heart, Wind, Criticism

  Charles Caleb Colton (1866). “Lacon: or, Many things in few words”, p.55

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