Doubtless criticism was originally benignant, pointing out the beauties of a work, rather than its defects. The passions of men have made it malignant, as the bad heart of Procrustes turned the bed, the symbol of repose, into an instrument of torture.


Table-Talk (1857)

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Quotes

Doubtless criticism was originally benignant, pointing out the beauties of a work, rather than its defects. The passions of men have made it...

Doubtless criticism was originally benignant, pointing out the beauties of a work, rather than its defects. The passions of men have made it...

Doubtless criticism was originally benignant, pointing out the beauties of a work, rather than its defects. The passions of men have made it...

Doubtless criticism was originally benignant, pointing out the beauties of a work, rather than its defects. The passions of men have made it...