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All styles are good except the tiresome kind.
[Fr., Tous les genres sont bons, hors le genre ennuyeux.]
All styles are good except the tiresome kind.
[Fr., Tous les genres sont bons, hors le genre ennuyeux.]
A chaste and lucid style is indicative of the same personal
traits in the author.
A chaste and lucid style is indicative of the same personal
traits in the author.
I do not go down and sit in front of the computer and make myself write; that's not my style.
I do not go down and sit in front of the computer and make myself write; that's not my style.
Fashions fade, style is eternal.
Fashions fade, style is eternal.
Style is a magic wand, and turns everything to gold that it touches
Style is a magic wand, and turns everything to gold that it touches
Style is the mind skating circles around itself as it moves forward
Style is the mind skating circles around itself as it moves forward
Clearness ornaments profound thoughts.
[Fr., La clarte orne les pensees profondes.]
Clearness ornaments profound thoughts.
[Fr., La clarte orne les pensees profondes.]
Expression is the dress of thought, and still
Appears more decent as more suitable;
A vile conceit read more
Expression is the dress of thought, and still
Appears more decent as more suitable;
A vile conceit in pompous words express'd,
Is like a clown in regal purple dress'd.
