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Writing: Quotations from Cyclopedia of Practical Quotations

Piger scribendi ferre laborem; Scribendi recte, nam ut multum nil moror. Too indolent to bear the toil of writing; I mean of writing well; I say nothing about quantity.— HORACE — Satiræ. I. 4. 12.

Sæpe stilum vertas, iterum quæ digna legi sint Scripturus. Often turn the stile [correct with care], if you expect to write anything worthy of being read twice.— HORACE — Satiræ. I. 10. 72.

Scribendi recte sapere est et principium et fons. Knowledge is the foundation and source of good writing.— HORACE — Ars Poetica. 309.