Vocabulary

(212 votes)   Yes and No are very short words to say, but we should think for some length of time before saying them.

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(172 votes)   Never use big words where a diminutive one will suffice.

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(163 votes)   Man is a creature who lives not upon bread alone, but principally by catch words.

Robert Louis Stevenson
1850-1895, Scottish Essayist, Poet, Novelist

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(158 votes)   The adjective is the banana peel of the parts of speech.

Cliff Fadiman
American Writer

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(149 votes)   Prose, words in their best order. Poetry, the best words in the best order.

Samuel Taylor Coleridge
1772-1834, British Poet, Critic, Philosopher

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