Quote by Matthew Arnold
People think that I can teach them style. What stuff it all is. Ha

People think that I can teach them style. What stuff it all is. Have something to say and say it as clearly as you can. That is the only secret of style. – Matthew Arnold

Other quotes by Matthew Arnold

Cruel, but composed and bland,
Dumb, inscrutable and grand,
So Tiberius might have sat,
Had Tiberius been a cat. – Matthew Arnold

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Cats
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Light half-believers of our casual creeds, who never deeply felt, nor clearly will d, whose insight never has borne fruit in deeds, whose vague resolves never have been fulfilled. – Matthew Arnold

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Belief
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Writers like teeth are divided into incisors and grinders. – Walter Bagehot

Some authors should be paid by the quantity NOT written. – Anon.

Rides in the whirlwind and directs the storm. – Joseph Addison

Nothing a man writes can please him as profoundly as something he does with his back, shoulders and hands. For writing is an artificial activity. It is a lonely and private substitute for conversation. – Brooks Atkinson

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Comedy is an escape, not from truth but from despair a narrow escape into faith. – Christopher Fry

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A system of capitalism presumes sound money, not fiat money manipulated by a central bank. Capitalism cherishes voluntary contracts and interest rates that are determined by savings, not credit creation by a central bank. – Ron Paul

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And don’t think the garden loses its ecstasy in winter. It’s quiet, but the roots are down there riotous. – Rumi

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I work very hard, but when God opens that door for you – when life opens that door for you, I should say – I think its important to be giving, to return the love back. – Lady Gaga

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work