Advantage Quote by Samuel Johnson

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

If you once understand an author's character, the comprehension of his writings becomes easy.

— Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

He who thinks much says but little in proportion to his thoughts. He selects that language which will convey his ideas in the most…

— Washington Irving

At the beginning of their careers many writers have a need to overwrite. They choose carefully turned-out phrases; they want to impress their readers…

— Jorge Luis Borges

“It is very difficult to understand man. It is also very difficult to understand what a man does. If he is able to give…

— Aacharya Mahapragya

The more stringent the rules and the more limiting they are, the more the poet and writer is forced to resort to special techniques…

— Simin Behbahani

“One not only wants to be understood when one writes, but also quite as certainly not to be understood. It is by no means…

— Friedrich Nietzsche

Every man supposes himself not to be fully understood or appreciated.

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

He who reads much and understands much, receives his fill. He who is full, refreshes others.

— Ambrose

Language is properly the servant of thought, but not unfrequently becomes its master. The conceptions of a feeble writer are greatly modified by his…

— William Benton Clulow

He who thinks much says but little in proportion to his thoughts. He selects that language which will convey his ideas in the most…

— Washington Irving

He can develop sense and style, in the manner of distinguished modern prose, in which event he may be sure that the result will…

— John Crowe Ransom