But, spite of all the criticising elves,
Those who would make us feel—must feel themselves.


The Rosciad (1761), line 961; comparable with: "Si vis me flere, dolendum est/ Primum ipsi tibi" (translated as "If you wish me to weep, you yourself must first feel grief"), Horace, Ars Poetica, v. 102

Charles Churchill Quotes

But, spite of all the criticising elves, Those who would make us feel—must feel themselves.

But, spite of all the criticising elves, Those who would make us feel—must feel themselves.

But, spite of all the criticising elves, Those who would make us feel—must feel themselves.

But, spite of all the criticising elves, Those who would make us feel—must feel themselves.