Those who do not read criticism will rarely merit to be criticised.

Those who do not read criticism will rarely merit to be criticised.

The most noble criticism is that in which the critic is not the antagonist so much as the rival of the author.

Literature is an avenue to glory, ever open for those ingenious men who are deprived of honours or of wealth.

The most noble criticism is that in which the critic is not the antagonist so much as the rival of the author.

After all, it is style alone by which posterity will judge of a great work, for an author can have nothing truly his own but his style.