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Quote of the week: February roundup

It is the nature of all greatness not to be exact. Edmund Burke, 1728 – 1797 A good book can teach you about the world and about yourself. You learn more than how to read better; you also learn more about life. You become wiser. Not just more knowledgeable — books that provide nothing but …

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Quote of the week: October roundup

A scrupulous writer, in every sentence that he writes, will ask himself at least four questions, thus: 1. What am I trying to say? 2. What words will express it? 3. What image or idiom will make it clearer? 4. Is this image fresh enough to have an effect? George Orwell, 1903 – 1950 You …

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