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The flowery style is not unsuitable to public speeches or
addresses, which amount only to compliment. The lighter beauties read more

The flowery style is not unsuitable to public speeches or
addresses, which amount only to compliment. The lighter beauties
are in their place when there is nothing more solid to say; but
the flowery style ought to be banished from a pleading, a sermon,
or a didactic work.
- Voltaire (Francois Marie Arouet Voltaire),

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Neat, not gaudy.

Neat, not gaudy.

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Style is a simple way of saying complicated things

Style is a simple way of saying complicated things

by Jean Cocteau Found in: Style Quotes,
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Style is the mind skating circles around itself as it moves forward

Style is the mind skating circles around itself as it moves forward

by Robert Frost Found in: Style Quotes,
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Style is the perfection of a point of view

Style is the perfection of a point of view

by Richard Eberhart Found in: Style Quotes,
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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.

by Hosea Ballou Found in: Style Quotes,
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The gloomy comparisons of a disturbed imagination, the melancholy
madness of poetry without the inspiration.

The gloomy comparisons of a disturbed imagination, the melancholy
madness of poetry without the inspiration.

by Junius Found in: Style Quotes,
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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

by Logan Pearsall Smith Found in: Style Quotes,
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Such labour'd nothings, in so strange a style.
Amaze th' learn'd, and make the learned smile.

Such labour'd nothings, in so strange a style.
Amaze th' learn'd, and make the learned smile.

by Alexander Pope Found in: Style Quotes,
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