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> [“The secret of good writing is to say an old thing in a new way or a new thing in an old way.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-harding-davis/the-secret-of-good-writing-is-to-say-an-old-thing-in-a-new-way-or-a/)

[Richard Harding Davis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-harding-davis/)

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> [The secret of good writing is to say an old thing in a new way or to say a new thing in an old way.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-harding-davis/the-secret-of-good-writing-is-to-say-an-old-thing-in-a-new-way-or-to/)

[Richard Harding Davis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-harding-davis/)

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## More by Richard Harding Davis

> [All through the night, like the tumult of a river when it races between the cliffs of a canyon, in my sleep I could…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-harding-davis/all-through-the-night-like-the-tumult-of-a-river-when-it-races/)

[Richard Harding Davis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-harding-davis/)

> [“The secret of good writing is to say an old thing in a new way or a new thing in an old way.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-harding-davis/the-secret-of-good-writing-is-to-say-an-old-thing-in-a-new-way-or-a/)

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> [No civilized person ever goes to bed the same day he gets up.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-harding-davis/no-civilized-person-ever-goes-to-bed-the-same-day-he-gets-up/)

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> [The secret of good writing is to say an old thing in a new way or to say a new thing in an old…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-harding-davis/the-secret-of-good-writing-is-to-say-an-old-thing-in-a-new-way-or-to/)

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> [The Marines have landed and the situation is well in hand.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-harding-davis/the-marines-have-landed-and-the-situation-is-well-in-hand/)

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> [What I admire most in men - To sit opposite a mirror at dinner and not look in it](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-harding-davis/what-i-admire-most-in-men-to-sit-opposite-a-mirror-at-dinner-and-not/)

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