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William Strunk, Jr. has 28 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:
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Remember, it is no sign of weakness or defeat that your manuscript ends up in need of major surgery. This is a…
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The situation is perilous, but there is still one chance of escape.
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If you don't know how to pronounce a word, say it loud!
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It is worse to be irresolute than to be wrong.
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Make definite assertions. Avoid tame, colorless, hesitating, non-committal language.
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The surest way to arouse and hold the attention of the reader is by being specific, definitive, and concrete. The greatest writers…
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A drawing should have no unnecessary lines and a machine no unnecessary parts.
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The adjective hasn't been built that can pull a weak or inaccurate noun out of a tight place,
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The approach to style is by way of plainness, simplicity, orderliness, sincerity.
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A dash is a mark of separation stronger than a comma, less formal than a colon, and more relaxed than parentheses.
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In exposition and in argument, the writer must likewise never lose his hold upon the concrete; and even when he is dealing…
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In his Philosophy of Style, Herbert Spencer gives two sentences to illustrate how the vague and general can be turned into the…
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Now in war we are confronted with conditions which are strange If we accept them we will never win. Since being realistic,…
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Who combats bravely is not therefore brave, He dreads a death-bed like the meanest slave: Who reasons wisely is not therefore wise,-…
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Brutes find out where their talents lie; A bear will not attempt to fly, A foundered horse will oft debate Before he…
— Jonathan Swift
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Self-centered anger generates evil, but wrath at social injustice becomes the driving force for reform. Strong language that censures and combats a…
— Daisaku Ikeda
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All of the American's foreign wars have been fought with foes either too weak to resist them or too heavily engaged elsewhere…
— H. L. Mencken
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In his Philosophy of Style, Herbert Spencer gives two sentences to illustrate how the vague and general can be turned into the…
— William Strunk, Jr.
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[I]n order to raise a soul to the highest perfection, He allows it to pass through dryness, brambles, and combats, causing it…
— Vincent de Paul
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Beaucoup d'hommes ont un orgueil qui les pousse a' cacher leurs combats et a' ne se montrer que victorieux. Many men have…
— Honore de Balzac
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Service is the measure of greatness; it always has been true; it is true today, and it always will be true, that…
— William Jennings Bryan
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Now when the two armies met, many and fierce were the combats waged between them, and blows were given and received, and…
— Ferdowsi
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3rd Ward hustlas, soldiers in combats Convicts and dealers, and killers with TRU tats Never gave a fuck bout no hoes on…
— Master P
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The humility combats the lives. I told them that I used to do when I am closest to truth.
— Boonaa Mohammed
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