09 October 2008

Thoughts on Writing...

Reading makes a full man, conference a ready man, and writing an exact man. ~~Sir Francis Bacon

The difference between the right word and the almost right word is the difference between lightning and the lightning bug. ~~Mark Twain

If you would not be forgotten as soon as you are dead, either write things worth reading or do things worth writing. ~~Benjamin Franklin

Learn as much by writing as by reading. ~~Lord Acton

What is written without effort is in general read without pleasure. ~~Samuel Johnson

The pen is the tongue of the mind. ~~Miguel de Cervantes

I have made this letter longer than usual, because I lack the time to make it short. ~~Blaise Pascal

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