Sydney Smith Quote

In composing, as a general rule, run your pen through every other word you have written; you have no idea what vigour it will give your style.

Vol. I, ch. 11 - Lady Holland's Memoir (1855)

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In composing, as a general rule, run your pen through every other word you have written; you have no idea what vigour it will give your style.

In composing, as a general rule, run your pen through every other word you have written; you have no idea what vigour it will give your style.

In composing, as a general rule, run your pen through every other word you have written; you have no idea what vigour it will give your style.

In composing, as a general rule, run your pen through every other word you have written; you have no idea what vigour it will give your style.