Anyone who knew the word slattern was worth cultivating as a friend.
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Alan Bradley
The problem with defending the purity of the English language is that English is about as pure as a cribhouse whore. We don't just borrow words; on occasion, English has pursued other languages down alleyways to beat them unconscious and rifle their pockets for new...
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James D. Nicoll
A synonym is a word you use when you can't spell the other one.
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Anonymous
One of the really bad things you can do to your writing is to dress up the vocabulary, looking for long words because you're maybe a little bit ashamed of your short ones. This is like dressing up a household pet in evening clothes. The...
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Stephen King
Samuel Johnson said Alexander Pope's translation of the Iliad, "tuned the English tongue.
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Harold Bloom
More Quotes By Mark Twain
After all these years, I see that I was mistaken about Eve in the beginning; it is better to live outside the Garden with her than inside it without her.
When you fish for love, bait with your heart, not your brain.
Good friends, good books, and a sleepy conscience: this is the ideal life.
The fear of death follows from the fear of life. A man who lives fully is prepared to die at any time.
Don't part with your illusions. When they are gone you may still exist, but you have ceased to live.
