"The perfection of style consists in the use……" — Joseph P. Bradley
"The perfection of style consists in the use of the exact speech necessary to convey the sense in the fewest words consistent with perspicuity, at the same time having regard to appropriateness and harmony of expression. Its greater excellencies are directness, accuracy, appropriateness and perspicuity."
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Joseph P. Bradley
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13 Quotes by Joseph P. Bradley
Joseph P. Bradley has 13 quotes on this site.
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When a man has emerged from slavery, there must be some stage in the progress of his elevation when he…
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The paramount destiny and mission of woman is to fulfill the noble and benign offices of wife and mother. That…
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Civil law, as well as nature herself, has always recognized a wide difference in the respective spheres and destinies of…
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As marriage and the family institution constitute the foundation and chief cornerstone of civil society, it is of the greatest…
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All cannot rule, nor can all be ruled. All cannot plow, nor can all sow, nor reap. No more can…
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Society cannot exist without law. Law is the bond of society: that which makes it, that which preserves it and…
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I know it is very hard to rise above the influences of party prejudice. Often, it almost drowns the sentiment…
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Brutes are governed by their appetites and impulses. Savages are but little removed in this respect from brutes. Brutish men…
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It is the duty and high privilege of every human being to endeavor to improve himself. Effort at self-improvement is…
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A man is most happy when he is most perfect, and he is most perfect when all his faculties are…
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The acquisition of an accurate and easy conversation, of some skill in music, and in pure and healthful diversions, are…
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In teaching, regard must be had to the faculties possessed by the pupil. In childhood, memory; in youth, the understanding;…
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All photographs are accurate. None of them is the truth.
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I do not mind lying, but I hate inaccuracy.
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Fast is fine, but accuracy is everything.
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Of Cooking. This is an art of various forms, the object of which is to give ordinary observations the appearance…
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