1. أَلنَّقدُ عِلْمٌ تُزَكِّيهِ نَزَاهَتُهُ

    وَلَيْسَ إِلاَّ لِحُكْمِ العَقْلِ يَنقَادُ

    Criticism is a science validated by its integrity,

    and submits only to the judgment of reason.

  2. لاَ يَحْمَدُ القَوْمُ نَقَّاداً يُضَامُ بِهِ

    خِيَارُهُمْ فَهْوَ مِثْلُ المَوْت نَقَّادُ

    The people do not praise a critic who wrongs

    their finest—for he is a critic like death.