Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Quotes about Criticism

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I am more afraid of deserving criticism than of receiving it.

I am more afraid of deserving criticism than of receiving it.

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Criticism, Receiving, Deserving

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1854). “The Works of Henry W. Longfellow”

The strength of criticism lies in the weakness of the thing criticized.

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Strength, Lying, Criticism

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (2012). “Kavanagh (Annotated Edition)”, p.110, Jazzybee Verlag

I am more afraid of deserving criticism than of receiving it. I stand in awe of my own opinion. The secret demerits of which we alone, perhaps, are conscious, are often more difficult to bear than those which have been publicly censured in us, and thus in some degree atoned for.

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Secret, Criticism, Receiving

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1853). “Kavanagh: A Tale”, p.184