Quotes by Bruyere, Jean De La

Grief at the absence of a loved one is happiness compared to life with >>

We must laugh before we are happy, for fear we die before we laugh at >>

Grief that is dazed and speechless is out of fashion: the modern woman >>

Quotations about Critics and Criticism

It is usually best to be generous with praise, but cautious with criti >>

There are two insults no human will endure. The assertion that he has >>

In criticism I will be bold, and as sternly, absolutely just with frie >>

Criticism is often not a science; it is a craft, requiring more good health than wit, more hard work than talent, more habit than native genius. In the hands of a man who has read widely but lacks judgment, applied to certain subjects it can corrupt both its readers and the writer himself.

Bruyere, Jean De La