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It need hardly be said that shortness is a merit in words.
— Henry Watson Fowler
Those who are addicted to the phrase "to use a vulgarism" expect to achieve the feat of being at once vulgar and superior to vulgarity.
— Henry Watson Fowler
Being cryptic is an art unto itself.
— Shannon L. Alder
Anyone who finds himself putting down several commas close to one another should reflect that he is making himself disagreeable.
— Henry Watson Fowler
After all, it is an ancient and valuable right of the English people to turn their nouns into verbs when they are so minded.
— Henry Watson Fowler
Silence is as deep as eternity, speech a shallow as time.
— Thomas Carlyle
No wise pilot, no matter how great his talent and experience, fails to use his checklist.
— Charlie Munger
The purpose of paragraphing is to give the reader a rest. The writer is saying ... : Have you got that? If so, I'll go to the next point.
— Henry Watson Fowler
Outcomes rarely turn on grand gestures or the art of the deal, but on whether you've sent someone a thank-you note.
— Bernie Brillstein
All women are lesbians except those who don't know it ...
— Jill Johnston
We tell our thoughts, like our children, to put on their hats and coats before they go out.
— Henry Watson Fowler
Those who run to long words are mainly the unskillful and tasteless; they confuse pomposity with dignity, flaccidity with ease, and bulk with force.
— Henry Watson Fowler
The obvious is better than obvious avoidance of it.
— Henry Watson Fowler
Sometimes all a story needed was one or two people to read or listen to it to make it matter.
— Adam Langer
I used to be very insecure about my curly hair, because I lived in a country where everybody had blonde straight hair.
— Diane Von Furstenberg
The greatest reverses of fortune are the most easily borne from a sort of dignity belonging to them.
— William Hazlitt
Love overcomes, love delights, those who love the Sacred Heart rejoice.
— Bernadette Soubirous
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Pretentious quotations [are] the surest road to tedium.
— Henry Watson Fowler