Censure

(197 votes)   Few persons have sufficient wisdom to prefer censure, which is useful, to praise which deceives them.

Francois De La Rochefoucauld
1613-1680, French Classical Writer

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(174 votes)   A man's first care should be to avoid the reproaches of his own heart, and his next to escape the censures of the world.

Joseph Addison
1672-1719, British Essayist, Poet, Statesman

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(109 votes)   I find the pain of a little censure, even when it is unfounded, is more acute than the pleasure of much praise.

Thomas Jefferson
1743-1826, Third President of the USA

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(87 votes)   The censure of those who are opposed to us, is the highest commendation that can be given us.

Seigneur De Saint-Evremond
1610-1703, French Writer, Wit

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(71 votes)   He who would acquire fame must not show himself afraid of censure. The dread of censure is the death of genius.

William Gilmore Simms
1806-1870, American Author

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