Ben Jonson Quote

For a man to write well, there are required three necessaries: to read the best authors, observe the best speakers, and much exercise of his own style.

Timber Or Discoveries (ed. 1641)

For a man to write well, there are required three necessaries: to read the best authors, observe the best speakers, and much exercise of his own...

For a man to write well, there are required three necessaries: to read the best authors, observe the best speakers, and much exercise of his own...

For a man to write well, there are required three necessaries: to read the best authors, observe the best speakers, and much exercise of his own...

For a man to write well, there are required three necessaries: to read the best authors, observe the best speakers, and much exercise of his own...