Superfluous Word Quotes
- Many a poem is marred by a superfluous word. — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
- Use no superfluous word, no adjective, which does not reveal something. — Ezra Pound
- The poets aim is either to profit or to please, or to blend in one the delightful and the useful. Whatever the lesson you would… — Horace
- Use no superfluous word, no adjective, which does not reveal something. Don't use such an expression as 'dim land of peace.' It dulls the image.… — Ezra Pound