Authorship Quote by Jean de la Bruyere

A man of good sense always believes what he is told, and what he finds written down.

— Francois Rabelais

The intellectual, the man of thought, doubt and analysis, should give the best of himself.

— Tahar Ben Jelloun

A good writer is an expert on nothing except himself. And on that subject, if he is wise, he holds his tongue.

— John le Carre

Every scholar, I presume, is not, necessarily, a man of sense.

— Samuel Richardson

“No matter how much a man may study, reflect and meditate on all the books in the world, he is nothing more than a…

— Denis Diderot

A man who has any relish for fine writing either discovers new beauties or receives stronger impressions from the masterly strokes of a great…

— Joseph Addison

Every man speaks and writes with intent to be understood; and it can seldom happen but he that understands himself might convey his notions…

— Samuel Johnson

“He who has not even a knowledge of common things is a brute among men. He who has an accurate knowledge of human concerns…

— Plotinus

A man must have a good deal of vanity who believes, and a good deal of boldness who affirms, that all the doctrines he…

— Benjamin Franklin

A man of true science... thinks, that by mouthing hard words, he proves that he understands hard things.

— Herman Melville

Many a writer seems to think he is never profound except when he can't understand his own meaning.

— George D. Prentice

Every man speaks and writes with intent to be understood; and it can seldom happen but he that understands himself, might convey his notions…

— Samuel Johnson