Horace appears in good humor while he censures, and therefore his censure has the more weight, as supposed to proceed from judgment and not from passion.
Quotes about censures (6 Quotes)
Man's first care should be to avoid the reproaches of his own heart, and next to escape the censures of the world. If the last interfere with the first it should be entirely neglected. But if not, there cannot be a greater satisfaction to an honest mind than to see its own approbation seconded by the applause of the public.
Trust him little who praise all, him less who censures all and him least who is indifferent about all
Injustice is censured because the censures are afraid of suffering, and not from any fear which they have of doing injustice.
A dozen direct censures are easier to bear than one morganatic compliment
To arrive at perfection, a man should have very sincere friends or inveterate enemies because he would be made sensible of his good or ill conduct, either by the censures of the one or the admonitions of the other.