The dread of criticism is the death of genius.
"William Gilmore Simms" was a poet, novelist and historian from the Southern United States/American South. His writings achieved great prominence during the 19th century, with Edgar Allan Poe pronouncing him the best novelist America had ever produced. He is still known among literary scholars as a major force in Southern literature#Early and antebellum literature/antebellum Southern literature. He is also remembered for his strong support of Slavery in the United States/slavery and for his opposition to Uncle Tom's Cabin, in response to which he wrote reviews and a pro-slavery novel.
If you enjoy these quotes, be sure to check out other famous novelists! More William Gilmore Simms on Wikipedia.No errors of opinion can possibly be dangerous in a country where opinion is left free to grapple with them.
Not in sorrow freely is never to open the bosom to the sweets of the sunshine.
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.
Most men remember obligations, but are not often likely to be grateful; the proud are made sour by the remembrance and the vain silent.
Genius is the very eye of intellect and the wing of thought; it is always in advance of its time, and is the pioneer for the generation which it precedes.
He who would acquire fame must not show himself afraid of censure. The dread of censure is the death of genius.
The only true source of politeness is consideration.
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