--- title: "7 Words Prose Quotes by 4 authors" description: "Browse 7 Words Prose quotes by 4 authors. Discover the best Words Prose sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d7a/samuel-taylor-coleridge-425_attention_words-in-prose-ought-to-express-the-inte_810212.jpg" --- > [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/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d7a/samuel-taylor-coleridge-425_attention_words-in-prose-ought-to-express-the-inte_810212.jpg) > [One merit of poetry few persons will deny: it says more and in fewer words than prose.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/voltaire/one-merit-of-poetry-few-persons-will-deny-it-says-more-and-in-fewer/) [Voltaire](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/voltaire/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6e5/voltaire-173_deny_one-merit-of-poetry-few-persons-will-den_868514.png) > [“Elmore Leonard's Ten Rules of Writing 1. Never open a book with weather. 2. Avoid prologues. 3. Never use a verb other…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elmore-leonard/elmore-leonard-s-ten-rules-of-writing-1-never-open-a-book-with/) [Elmore Leonard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elmore-leonard/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/864/elmore-leonard-3471_books_elmore-leonard-s-ten-rules-of-writing-1_1873796.jpg) > [“I’m a man of music as much as I am a man of words and prose. One could even possibly say that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nicholas-trandahl/i-m-a-man-of-music-as-much-as-i-am-a-man-of-words-and-prose-one-could/) [Nicholas Trandahl](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nicholas-trandahl/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a4b/nicholas-trandahl-29310_music_i-m-a-man-of-music-as-much-as-i-am-a-man_2234429.jpg) > [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/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/496/samuel-taylor-coleridge-425_attention_the-words-in-prose-ought-to-express-the_2298353.jpg) > [Keep your exclamation points under control. You are allowed no more than two or three per 100,000 words of prose.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elmore-leonard/keep-your-exclamation-points-under-control-you-are-allowed-no-more/) [Elmore Leonard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elmore-leonard/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/24e/elmore-leonard-3471_exclamation_keep-your-exclamation-points-under-contr_2672492.jpg) > [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/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/686/samuel-taylor-coleridge-425_attention_the-definition-of-good-prose-is-proper-w_3181119.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/words-prose/#itemlist", "name": "Words Prose Quotes", "numberOfItems": 7, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Words in prose ought to express the intended meaning; if they attract attention to themselves, it is a fault; in the very best styles you read page after page without noticing the medium. 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