"Few write as the architect builds, drawing up a plan beforehand and thinking it out down to the smallest details. Most write as they play dominoes: their sentences are linked together as dominoes are, one by one, in part deliberately, in part by chance."
Wonder who he had in mind?
Plus - quelque-chose pour le weekend
Go Tigers !
(That was me)
"He who writes carelessly makes first and foremost the confession that he himself does not place any great value on his thoughts." (1851)
Nothing changes
"The first rule, indeed by itself virtually a sufficient condition for good style, is to have something to say"
How true, how trueIt has been said (… pace, Croydonian ) that German philosophers lack the merit of brevity, which is of course one of the trademark virtues of the Slicker’s blog, and not one that a mere locum would dare to disregard
Fortunately, several of the wise Teutons are very capable in the pith department (when they come up for air).
And so I bring you … Schopenhauer on Blogging (1)
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There are very many thoughts which have value for him who thinks them, but only a few of them possess the power of engaging the interest of a reader after they have been written down. (1851)
