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title: "3 Prose Ought Quotes by 1 author"
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> [Words in prose ought to express the intended meaning; if they attract attention to themselves, it is a fault; in the very…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-taylor-coleridge/words-in-prose-ought-to-express-the-intended-meaning-if-they-attract/)

[Samuel Taylor Coleridge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-taylor-coleridge/)

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> [The words in prose ought to express the intended meaning, and no more; if they attract attention to themselves, it is, in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-taylor-coleridge/the-words-in-prose-ought-to-express-the-intended-meaning-and-no-more/)

[Samuel Taylor Coleridge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-taylor-coleridge/)

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> [The definition of good prose is proper words in their proper places; of good verse, the most proper words in their proper…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-taylor-coleridge/the-definition-of-good-prose-is-proper-words-in-their-proper-places/)

[Samuel Taylor Coleridge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-taylor-coleridge/)

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