Sydney Smith's Quote - In composing, as a general rule, run your pen through every other

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In composing, as a general rule, run your pen through every other

In composing, as a general rule, run your pen through every other word you have written; you have no idea what vigor it will give your style. – Sydney Smith

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Errors to be dangerous must have a great deal of truth mingled with them. It is only from this alliance that they can ever obtain an extensive circulation. – Sydney Smith

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Science is his forte, and omniscience his foible. – Sydney Smith

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A comfortable house is a great source of happiness. It ranks immediately after health and a good conscience. – Sydney Smith

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Good things, when short, are twice as good. – Baltasar GraciÃ¡n, The Art of Worldly Wisdom, translated from Spanish

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If you would be pungent, be brief; for it is with words as with sunbeams — the more they are condensed, the deeper they burn. – Robert Southey

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If any man will draw up his case, and put his name at the foot of the first page, I will give him an immediate reply. Where he compels me to turn over the sheet, he must wait my leisure. – Lord Sandwich

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That writer does the most, who gives his reader the most knowledge, and takes from him the least time. – Charles Caleb Colton

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