There is no happiness where there is no wisdom;No wisdom but in submission to the gods.Big words are always punished,And proud men in old age learn to be wise. Great short quote and quotation by: Sophocles, Antigone , Greek tragic dramatist (496 BC – 406 BC)
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There is no surer way to misread any document than to read it literally. As nearly as we can, we must put ourselves in the place of those who uttered the words, and try to divine how they would have dealt with the unforeseen situation; and, evidence of what they would have done, they are […]
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Elie Wiesel, Chicago Sun-Times, November 5, 2001
They were going to die. They knew it, and their last words were I love you. Even in great pain, their last words were of love… People who could have saved themselves and they ran back in to save others instead. If humanity is capable of that, how can I lose hope in humanity? Great […]
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Think not those faithful who praise all thy words and actions; but those who kindly reprove thy faults. Great short quote and quotation by: Socrates , Greek philosopher in Athens (469 BC – 399 BC)
Thy words, I grant are bigger, for I wear not, my dagger in my mouth. Great short quote and quotation by: William Shakespeare , Greatest English dramatist & poet (1564 – 1616)
Too many people run out of ideas long before they run out of words. Great short quote and quotation by: Author Unknown ,
Alexandre Dumas, Translation from "The Count of Monte Cristo"
Until divinity decides to reveal the future to human kind, the sum of all human wisdom is contained in these two words: Wait and Hope. Great short quote and quotation by: Alexandre Dumas, Translation from “The Count of Monte Cristo” , French dramatist & novelist (1802 – 1870)
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Use soft words and hard arguments. Great short quote and quotation by: English Proverb ,
Use soft words and hard arguments. Great short quote and quotation by: Unknown , Quotations by unknown authors
Using words to describe magic is like using a screwdriver to cut roast beef. Great short quote and quotation by: Tom Robbins , US novelist (1936 – )
William Strunk Jr., Elements of Style
Vigorous writing is concise. A sentence should contain no unnecessary words, a paragraph no unnecessary sentences, for the same reason that a drawing should have no unnecessary lines and a machine no unnecessary parts. This requires not that the writer make all his sentences short, or that he avoid all detail and treat his subjects […]
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