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Do not, therefore, say "I feel nauseous," unless you are sure you have that effect on others.

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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…
The situation is perilous, but there is still one chance of escape.
If you don't know how to pronounce a word, say it loud!
It is worse to be irresolute than to be wrong.
Make definite assertions. Avoid tame, colorless, hesitating, non-committal language.
The surest way to arouse and hold the attention of the reader is by being specific, definitive, and concrete. The greatest writers…
A drawing should have no unnecessary lines and a machine no unnecessary parts.
The adjective hasn't been built that can pull a weak or inaccurate noun out of a tight place,
The approach to style is by way of plainness, simplicity, orderliness, sincerity.
A dash is a mark of separation stronger than a comma, less formal than a colon, and more relaxed than parentheses.
In exposition and in argument, the writer must likewise never lose his hold upon the concrete; and even when he is dealing…
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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In fact, five years ago, after Saddam ejected the UN inspectors, John McCain and I gave up on containment and introduced the… — Joe Lieberman
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We cannot therefore say that mental acts contain a cognitive as well as a conative element. — Samuel Alexander
Always take the short cut; and that is the rational one. Therefore say and do everything according to soundest reason. — Marcus Aurelius
It is no easy task to do away with a thing that is established. We, therefore, say that the non-beginning of a… — Mahatma Gandhi
You see many stars in the sky at night, but not when the sun rises. Can you therefore say that there are… — Ramakrishna
Do not, therefore, say "I feel nauseous," unless you are sure you have that effect on others. — William Strunk, Jr.
A bird is an instrument working according to mathematical law, which instrument it is within the capacity of man to reproduce with… — Leonardo da Vinci
I would, therefore, say that for no reason whatsoever, except in self-defence, should one think of killing any animal. — Morarji Desai

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