It is more difficult to praise rightly than to blame.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
In praise there is more obtrusiveness than in blame.
In every age and every man there is something to praise as well as to blame.
There can be no doubt that the average man blames much more than he praises. His instinct is to blame. If he is satisfied he says nothing; if he is not, he most illogically kicks up a row.
I praise loudly. I blame softly.
Undeserved praise causes more pangs of conscience later than undeserved blame, but probably only for this reason, that our power of judgment are more completely exposed by being over praised than by being unjustly underestimated.
You can't let praise or criticism get to you. It's a weakness to get caught up in either one.
I like to praise and reward loudly, to blame quietly.
What can everyone do? Praise and blame. This is human virtue, this is human madness.
Neither blame or praise yourself.
Neither praise or blame is the object of true criticism. Justly to discriminate, firmly to establish, wisely to prescribe, and honestly to award. These are the true aims and duties of criticism.