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The Renaissance2 quotes
Reading maketh a full man, conference a ready man, and writing an exact man. — Francis Bacon · 1625He that will write well in any tongue, must follow this counsel of Aristotle, to speak as the common people do, to think as the wise men do; and so should every man understand him, and the judgement of the wise man allow him. — Roger Ascham · 1545Classical antiquity1 quote
You will have written exceptionally well if, by skillful arrangement of your words, you have made an ordinary one seem original. — Horace · 19 BCSpanish Golden Age1 quote
The pen is the tongue of the soul. — Miguel de Cervantes · 1615