Then, all censure of a man's self is oblique praise.
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(25 April 1778)James Boswell
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All censure of a man's self is oblique praise. It is in order to shew how much he can spare.
Samuel Johnson
It is salutary to train oneself to be no more affected by censure than by praise…
William Somerset Maugham
Cold approbation gave the ling'ring bays,
For those who durst not censure, scarce could praise.Samuel Johnson
Praise God, from whom all blessings flow!
Praise Him, all creatures here below!
Praise Him above, ye heavenly host!
Praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost!Thomas Ken
In each art the difficulty of the form is a substitution for the difficulty of direct apprehension and expression of the object. The first difficulty may be more or less overcome, but the second is insuperable; thus every poem begins, or ought to, by a disorderly retreat to defensible positions. Or, rather, by a perception of the hopelessness of direct combat, and a resort to the warfare of spells, effigies, and prophecies. The relation between the artist and reality is an oblique one, and indeed there is no good art which is not consciously oblique. If you respect the reality of the world, you know that you can approach that reality only by indirect means.
Richard Wilbur
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