Quote by William Strunk Jr Download Open image ““not important, trifling”” — William Strunk Jr ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.5 out of 5 (9 ratings) Copy quoteShare
“It is often interesting, in retrospect, to consider the trifling causes that led to great events.” — Patricia Moyes Copy Share Image
“in accordance with the primitive arrangement of things, the most trifling causes produce the greatest events, and the grandest undertakings end in the most… — Nikolai Gogol Copy Share Image
“It is of the highest importance, therefore, not to have useless facts elbowing out the useful ones.” — Arthur Conan Doyle Copy Share Image
It is the mark of great people to treat trifles as trifles and important matters as important. — Doris Lessing Copy Share Image
“(E)very genuine act or word, no matter how trifling it seems, leaves a sweet and strengthening influence behind” — Louisa May Alcott Copy Share Image
One should not exaggerate the importance of trifles. Life, for instance, is much too short to be taken seriously. — Nicolas Bentley Copy Share Image
“It is an old observation that the best writers sometimes disregard the rules of rhetoric. When they do so, however, the reader will usually… — William Strunk Jr Copy Share Image
“1. Make the paragraph the unit of composition: one paragraph to each topic.” — William Strunk Jr Copy Share Image
“Vigorous writing is concise. A sentence should contain no unnecessary words, a paragraph no unnecessay sentences, for the same reason that a drawing should… — William Strunk Jr Copy Share Image
“2. As a rule, begin each paragraph with a topic sentence; end it in conformity with the beginning.” — William Strunk Jr Copy Share Image
“Prefer the specific to the general, the definite to the vague, the concrete to the abstract.” — William Strunk Jr Copy Share Image
“Violence - the kind you see on television - is not honestly violent, there lies its harm.” — William Strunk Jr Copy Share Image
