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A very good part of the mischiefs that vex the world arises from words
We are masters of the unsaid words, but slaves of those we let slip out
Eating words has never given me indigestion
Broadly speaking, the short words are the best, and the old words best of all
Words are like leaves; and where they most abound, much fruit of sense beneath is rarely found
In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold, alike fantastic if too new or old: be not the first by whom the new are tried, nor yet the last to lay the old aside
There is always time to add a word, never to withdraw one
I strive to be brief, and I become obscure
Style is a simple way of saying complicated things
The faster the word sticks to the thought, the more beautiful is the effect
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