Quote by Isaac Babel
No iron can pierce the heart with such force as a period put just

No iron can pierce the heart with such force as a period put just at the right place. – Isaac Babel

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A double negative is a no-no. – Author unknown

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I have spent most of the day putting in a comma and the rest of the day taking it out. – Oscar Wilde, variously worded paraphrase, see quoteinvestigator.com/2015/10/25/c

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From now on, ending a sentence with a preposition is something up with which I will not put. – Sir Winston Churchill

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