Famous Quotes | Criticism is often not a...

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. - Jean De La Bruyère
Attribution: Jean De La Bruyère (1645–1696), French writer, moralist. “Of Books,” aph. 63, Characters (1688).

Categories: Criticism And The Arts, Moralist, Writer

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