“Whoever wishes to attain an English style, familiar but not coarse, and elegant but not ostentatious, must give his days and nights to the volumes of Addison.” GivingNightWishStyleFamiliarVolumeElegantDay And NightCoarseOstentatious Author:Samuel Johnson
“You must avoid giving hostages to fortune, like getting an expensive wife, an expensive house, and a style of living that never lets you aford the time to take the chance to write what you wish.” GivingWritingLiteratureHouseWishChanceWifeStyleFortuneExpensiveHostage Author:Irwin Shaw
“An incipient Mother Man has always inhabited my deeper self; creativity has always been my companion ... I have tried to express myself in a very definite style but by means of all kinds of materials and formats. I wish to discover how my own creativity unfolds under different circumstances... Naples is a dilemma that fatally elicits an oneiric interpretation and I love it and feel grateful because it has nurtured my fantasy.” MenFeelsKindMeanDifferentSelfMotherWishMy OwnCreativityFantasyStyleMaterialsCircumstancesGratefulDeeperAll KindsCompanionInterpretationDefiniteDilemmaFormatNaples Author:Augusto De Luca
“The art of invective resembles the art of boxing. Very few fights are won with the straight left. It is too obvious, and it can betoo easily countered. The best punches, like the best pieces of invective in this style, are either short-arm jabs, unexpectedly rapid and deadly; or else one-two blows, where you prepare your opponent with the first hit, and then, as his face comes forward, connect with your other fist: one, two. Both are effective; but they can be administered only by a real artist, with a real wish to knock his enemy out.” FirstsArtTwoRealFacesArtistFightingLeftWishEnemyPiecesStyleArmsBlowObviousOpponentsBoxingFistsRapidsReal Artists Author:Gilbert Highet
“Propriety of thought and propriety of diction are commonly found together. Obscurity and affectation are the two greatest faults of style. Obscurity of expression generally springs from confusion of ideas; and the same wish to dazzle, at any cost, which produces affectation in the manner of a writer, is likely to produce sophistry in his reasonings.” TwoIdeasTogetherFoundWishStyleProduceExpressionCostSpringFaultsConfusionReasoningObscurityProprietyDazzleDictionSophistry Book:Machiavelli : the Founder of the Political Source: Machiavelli : the Founder of the Political
“I heartily wish you, in the plain home-spun style, a great number of happy new years, well employed in forming both your mind andyour manners, to be useful and agreeable to yourself, your country, and your friends.” YearsMindWellsCountryHomeWishNumbersStyleMannersNew YearEmployedWish YouSpunHappy New Year Author:Lord Chesterfield
“One should have wit, but not wish to have it; otherwise there will be witticism, the Alexandrian style of wit.” ShouldWishStyleShould HaveWit Author:Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel