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> [If you can't write your message in a sentence, you can't say it in an hour.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dianna-daniels-booher/if-you-can-t-write-your-message-in-a-sentence-you-can-t-say-it-in-an/)

[Dianna Daniels Booher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dianna-daniels-booher/)

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> [Steady labor with the hands, which engrosses the attention also, is unquestionably the best method of removing palaver and sentimentality out of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-david-thoreau/steady-labor-with-the-hands-which-engrosses-the-attention-also-is/)

[Henry David Thoreau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-david-thoreau/)

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> [...words are in a way our godly sharing in the work of creation, and the speaking and writing of words is at…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-buechner/words-are-in-a-way-our-godly-sharing-in-the-work-of-creation-and-the/)

[Frederick Buechner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frederick-buechner/)

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> [A fool may talk, but a wise man speaks.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/heinrich-heine/a-fool-may-talk-but-a-wise-man-speaks/)

[Heinrich Heine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/heinrich-heine/)

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> [Among all the liberal arts, the first is logic, and specifically that part of logic which gives initial instruction about words. ...…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-of-salisbury/among-all-the-liberal-arts-the-first-is-logic-and-specifically-that/)

[John of Salisbury](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-of-salisbury/)

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> [When I read some of the rules for speaking and writing the English language correctly, I think any fool can make a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-david-thoreau/when-i-read-some-of-the-rules-for-speaking-and-writing-the-english/)

[Henry David Thoreau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-david-thoreau/)

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> [Homo Americanus is going to go on speaking and writing the way he always has, no matter what dictionary he owns.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kurt-vonnegut/homo-americanus-is-going-to-go-on-speaking-and-writing-the-way-he/)

[Kurt Vonnegut](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kurt-vonnegut/)

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> [I think there is an enormous diference between speaking and writing. One rereads what one writes. But one might read it slowly…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-paul-sartre/i-think-there-is-an-enormous-diference-between-speaking-and-writing/)

[Jean-Paul Sartre](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jean-paul-sartre/)

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