Henry AdamsThe habit of expression leads to the search for something to express. Something remains as a residuum of the commonplace itself, if one strikes out every commonplace in the expression.
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It was said by Ralph Waldo Emerson, “The habit of expression leads to the search for something to express. Something remains as a residuum of the commonplace itself, if one strikes out every commonplace in the expression.”
Source: The Education Of Henry Adams
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