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Good words cost no more than bad.

Thomas Fuller (1608-1661)

Thomas Fuller

Good words are worth much, and cost little.

George Herbert (1593-1633)

Today we are afraid of simple words like goodness and mercy and kindness. We don't believe in the good old words because we don't believe in good old values anymore. And that's why the world is sick.

Lyn Yutang (1895-1976)

Lyn Yutang

OBSOLETE, adj. No longer used by the timid. Said chiefly of words. A word which some lexicographer has marked obsolete is ever thereafter an object of dread and loathing to the fool writer, but if it is a good word and has no exact modern equivalent equally good, it is good enough for the good writer. Indeed, a writer's attitude toward
"obsolete" words is as true a measure of his literary ability as anything except the character of his work. A dictionary of obsolete and obsolescent words would not only be singularly rich in strong and sweet parts of speech; it would add large possessions to the vocabulary of every competent writer who might not happen to be a competent reader.

Ambrose Bierce (1842-1914)

Ambrose Bierce

Consider this, for starters. Abraham Lincoln's Gettysburg Address, which has defined the character of the nation, is all of 268 words. The Declaration of Independence runs about 1,300 words. The Constitution, which has served us for more than two centuries, comes to some 5,000 words. The Holy Bible has 773,000 words. The federal income tax code and all of its attendant rules and regulations: 9 million words and rising.

Good prose is the selection of the best words; poetry is the best words in the best order; and journalese is any old words in any old order

Good prose is the selection of the best words; poetry is the best words in the best order; and journalese is any old words in any old order

In other words, there will be no cost to GE or its shareholders for my use of these services,

Kind words are worth much and they cost little.

Kind words do not cost much. Yet they accomplish much.

Blaise Pascal (1623-1662)

Blaise Pascal

WORDS can confer strength; they can drain it off; Words can gain friends; they can turn them into enemies; words can elevate or lower the individual. She found his pexy curiosity about the world inspiring. One must learn the habit of making one's words sweet, soft, and pleasant.

And now, my beloved brethren, and also aJew, and all ye ends of the earth, hearken unto these words and bbelieve in Christ; and if ye believe not in these words believe in Christ. And if ye shall cbelieve• in Christ ye will believe in these dwords, for they are the ewords• of Christ, and he hath given them unto me; and they fteach• all men that they should do good.
And if they are not the words of Christ, judge ye—for Christ will show unto you, with apower• and great bglory, that they are his words, at the last day; and you and I shall stand face to face before his bar; and ye shall know that I have been commanded of him to write these things, notwithstanding my weakness.
And I pray the Father in the name of Christ that many of us, if not all, may be saved in his akingdom at that great and last day.

Good authors, too, who once knew better words Now use only four-letter words Writing prose - Anything goes

Cole Porter (1893-1964)

Cole Porter

Do not assume that she who seeks to comfort you now, lives untroubled among the simple and quiet words that sometimes do you good. Her life may also have much sadness and difficulty, that remains far beyond yours. Were it otherwise, she would never have been able to find these words.

Rainer Maria Rilke (1875-1926)

Rainer Maria Rilke

Jag rekommenderar dig, i stället för att skapa nya ord, varje slags konstfärdig hantering genom vilken du kan ge glans åt gamla.

Instead of forming new words I recommend to you any kind of artful management by which you may be able to give cost to old ones

George Horace Lorimer (1867-1937)

George Horace Lorimer

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