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Robert Christy, comp. Proverbs, Maxims and Phrases of All Ages. 1887.

Writing

He that intends to write what is worthy to be read more than once should blot frequently.Horace.

If you would write naturally, vigorously, delicately, you must express the truth.La Bruyère.

Of all those arts in which the wise excel
Nature’s chief masterpiece is writing well.Buckingham.

Sound judgment is the ground of writing well.Roscommon.

True ease in writing comes from art, not chance.Pope.

Write with the learned but speak with the vulgar.

Writing is the language of the hand.Hebrew.

You write with ease to show your breeding.
But easy writing’s curst hard reading.Moore’s Life of Sheridan.