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Man is a creature who lives not upon bread alone, but principally by catch words.
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Robert Louis Stevenson
Robert Louis Stevenson books
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Never use big words where a diminutive one will suffice.
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Source Unknown
Source Unknown books
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Prose, words in their best order. Poetry, the best words in the best order.
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Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Samuel Taylor Coleridge books
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Short words are the best and old words when short are best of all.
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Winston Churchill
Winston Churchill books
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The adjective is the banana peel of the parts of speech.
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Clifton Fadiman
Clifton Fadiman books
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The limits of my language are the limits of my mind. All I know is what I have words for.
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Ludwig Wittgenstein
Ludwig Wittgenstein books
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