Chiefs Quote by Galen Download Open image “The chief merit of language is clearness.” — Galen ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.1 out of 5 (9 ratings) Copy quoteShare Chiefs Clearness Language Merit
The chief merit of language is clearness, and we know that nothing detracts so much from this as do unfamiliar terms. — Galen Copy Share Image
The chief virtue that language can have is clearness, and nothing detracts from it so much as the use of unfamiliar words. — Hippocrates Copy Share Image
Although there is no substitute for merit in writing, clarity comes closest to being one. — E. B. White Copy Share Image
Precise language is not the problem. Clear language is the problem. — Richard P. Feynman Copy Share Image
And how is clarity to be achieved? Mainly by taking trouble and by writing to serve people rather than to impress them. — F. L. Lucas Copy Share Image
The great enemy of clear language is insincerity. When there is a gap between one's real and one's declared aims, one turns, as it… — George Orwell Copy Share Image
“Language at its best is a useful tool, though by its very nature it artificially divides, reduces and over-simplifies. Hopefully,” — Daniel M. Ingram Copy Share Image
Who Are You? What do you want? Where Are You Going? Who do you serve and who do you trust? — Galen Copy Share Image
The chief merit of language is clearness, and we know that nothing detracts so much from this as do unfamiliar terms. — Galen Copy Share Image
All who drink of this remedy recover in a short time except those whom it does not help, who all die. — Galen Copy Share Image
He who has two cakes of bread, let him dispose of one of them for some flowers of the narcissus; for bread is the… — Galen Copy Share Image
In every province, the chief occupations, in order of importance, are lovemaking, malicious gossip, and talking nonsense. — Voltaire Copy Share Image
I have no hesitation in saying that although the American woman never leaves her domestic sphere and is in some respects very dependent within… — Alexis de Tocqueville Copy Share Image
I always wanted to be a fireman, a cop, an Indian chief, a doctor, a lawyer. I always wanted to be all these things,… — Morgan Freeman Copy Share Image
The chief wonder of education is that it does not ruin everybody concerned in it, teachers and taught. — Henry Adams Copy Share Image
Las Vegas is a resort whose two chief sources of income are seven and eleven. — Evan Esar Copy Share Image
There is no one force, no group, and no class that is the preserver of liberty. Liberty is preserved by those who are against… — James Burnham Copy Share Image
Remember chief of staff Rahm Emanuel's callous enjoinder 'you never want a serious crisis to go to waste'? This White House is a serious… — Bob Tyrrell Copy Share Image
There is a wealth of unexpressed love in the world. It is one of the chief causes of sorrow evoked by death: what might… — Arthur Hopkins Copy Share Image
The chief beneficiary of life insurance policies for young, single people is the life insurance agent. — Wes Smith Copy Share Image
Most of my writer friends are women, and they're all extremely talented, so of course I think the state of contemporary fiction for women… — Jami Attenberg Copy Share Image
No commander in chief would ever say, 'I'm not going to listen to the guys on the ground. — Claire McCaskill Copy Share Image
