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Any one who wishes to become a good writer should endeavour, before he allows himself to be tempted by the more showy…
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The purpose of paragraphing is to give the reader a rest. The writer is saying . . . : Have you got…
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Prefer the familiar word to the far-fetched. Prefer the concrete word to the abstract. Prefer the single word to the circumlocution. Prefer…
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Be direct, simple, brief, vigorous, and lucid.
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The writer's Queen Victoria is his public, and he would do well to keep a bust of the old Queen on his…
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Those who are addicted to the phrase "to use a vulgarism" expect to achieve the feat of being at once vulgar and…
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It need hardly be said that shortness is a merit in words.
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Those who run to long words are mainly the unskillful and tasteless; they confuse pomposity with dignity, flaccidity with ease, and bulk…
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Quotation... A writer expresses himself in words that have been used before because they give his meaning better than he can give…
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We tell our thoughts, like our children, to put on their hats and coats before they go out.
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I've seen a lot of patriots and they all died just like anybody else if it hurt bad enough and once they…
— Ernest Hemingway
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Any one who wishes to become a good writer should endeavour, before he allows himself to be tempted by the more showy…
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A mind to serve for the peace of all human beings in the world is needed in Aikido, and not the mind…
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The first step to be taken by one who wishes to follow Christ is, according to Our Lord’s own words, that of…
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For, after all, every one who wishes to gain true knowledge must climb the Hill Difficulty alone, and since there is no…
— Helen Keller
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Man's best friend is one who wishes well to the object of his wish for his sake, even if no one is…
— Aristotle
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Aside from rabid Islamists, no one who wishes to be taken seriously can publicly say anything bad about the old Jews of…
— Jack Schwartz
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To truly love is to find the courage to walk away and let the other one who wishes to be free, no…
— Superman
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