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Interesting Quotes - Page 13
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When a country is well governed, poverty and a mean condition are things to be ashamed of. When a country is ill governed, riches and honor are things to be ashamed of.
- Confucious
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1. Never use a metaphor, simile, or other figure of speech which you are used to seeing in print.
2. Never use a long word where a short one will do.
3. If it is possible to cut a word out, always cut it out.
4. Never use the passive where you can use the active.
5. Never use a foreign phrase, a scientific word, or a jargon word if you can think of an everyday English equivalent.
6. Break any of these rules sooner than say anything outright barbarous.
- George Orwell
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Human felicity is produced not so much by great pieces of good fortune that seldom happen, as by little advantages that occur every day.
- Benjamin Franklin
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If you desire many things, many things will seem but a few.
- Benjamin Franklin
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If all printers were determined not to print anything till they were sure it would offend nobody, there would be very little printed.
- Benjamin Franklin
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I think. Not sure. Kinda confused
Of course you cannot do that which is impossible. That goes without saying.
To paraphrase and eliminate yet another word, how about: "be pithy."
Clearly he didn't think this one through very well. But everyone's a hypocrite. The thing is, following these rules as close as possible, your words will lose impact and meaning. Orwell probably understood that at some level which his why he's not taking his own advice.
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