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A great deal may be done by severity, more by love, but most by clear discernment and impartial justice. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
It is a problem, not clear in my mind, that [a society without government, as among our Indians] is not the best. But I believe… — Thomas Jefferson
Too many poets write poems which are only difficult on the surface, difficult because the dramatic situation is easily misunderstood. It's not difficult to write… — Miller Williams
Cross out as many adjectives and adverbs as you can. ... It is comprehensible when I write: "The man sat on the grass," because it… — Anton Chekhov
Cheerfulness is full of significance: it suggests good health, a clear conscience, and a soul at peace with all human nature. — Charles Kingsley
If we're going to make progress on this issue [of contraception], we have to be really clear about what our agenda is. We're not talking… — Melinda Gates
Israel wants to make it clear to the government of Egypt that it has no aggressive intentions whatsoever against any Arab state at all — Levi Eshkol
Our intention to regard the closing of the Straits as a casus belli was communicated...to the foreign ministers of those states which had supported international… — Abba Eban
The tank was originally invented to clear a way for the infantry in the teeth of machine-gun fire. Now it is the infantry who will… — Winston Churchill
In the account book of the Great War the page recording the Russian losses has been ripped out. The figures are unknown. Five millions, or… — Paul von Hindenburg
Today [the voice of women] is being heard loud and clear. But I do not read the welcome triumph of feminism, social, economic, and creative,… — E. O. Wilson
The medical argument for animal testing doesn't stand up. Even if it did, I don't think we should kill other species. We think we're so… — Paul McCartney
We have an opportunity to focus global attention on what should be obvious: every mother, and every child, counts. They count because we value every… — Lee Jong-wook
So far no one had had enough courage and intelligence to reveal me to my dear Germans. My problems are new, my psychological horizon frighteningly… — Friedrich Nietzsche
His Majesty the King requires that the Royal Chancellery in all written documents endeavor to write in clear, plain Swedish. — Charles XII of Sweden
If you can't write your idea on the back of my calling card, you don't have a clear idea. — David Belasco
I made up my mind long ago to follow one cardinal rule in all my writing-to be clear. I have given up all thought of… — Isaac Asimov
A good style must, first of all, be clear. It must not be mean or above the dignity of the subject. It must be appropriate. — Aristotle
[A writer] must try to think clearly, to feel deeply, to write honestly. If he is fortunate he will make a living, but his work… — Lawrence Clark Powell
I see but one rule: to be clear. — Stendhal

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