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title: "2 Excellent Discipline Quotes by 1 author"
description: "Browse 2 Excellent Discipline quotes by 1 author. Discover the best Excellent Discipline sayings and thoughts."
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> [It is excellent discipline for an author to feel that he must say all that he has to say in the fewest possible words, or his readers is sure to skip them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-ruskin/it-is-excellent-discipline-for-an-author-to-feel-that-he-must-say-all/)

[John Ruskin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-ruskin/)

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> [It is excellent discipline for an author to feel that he must say all he has to say in the fewest possible words, or his reader is sure to skip them; and in the plainest possible words, or his reader…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-ruskin/it-is-excellent-discipline-for-an-author-to-feel-that-he-must-say-all-2/)

[John Ruskin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-ruskin/)

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