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“Plain and not honest is too harsh a style.” William Shakespeare, Richard III
“In matters of grave importance, style, not sincerity is the vital thing.” Oscar Wilde, The Importance of Being Earnest
“For there is no art where there is no style, and no style where there is no unity, and unity is of the individual.” Oscar Wilde, Intentions
“You can always count on a murderer for a fancy prose style.” Vladimir Nabokov, Lolita
“You know, Minister, I disagree with Dumbledore on many counts … but you cannot deny he’s got style.” J. K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
“The chief beauty of this book lies not so much in its literary style, or in the extent and usefulness of the information it conveys, as in its simple truthfulness.” Jerome K. Jerome, Three Men in a Boat
“One of the really bad things you can do to your writing is to dress up the vocabulary, looking for long words because you’re maybe a little bit ashamed of your short ones. This is like dressing up a household pet in evening clothes.” Stephen King, On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft
“When we see a natural style, we are astonished and delighted; for we expected to see an author, and we find a man.” Blaise Pascal, Pensées
“do you find it more poetic when you don't quite know what it means? I thought it was only in revealed religion that a mistranslation improved the sense.” W. Somerset Maugham, Of Human Bondage
“They were adored by the Germans, who thought they were exactly what the Englishmen ought to be. They made war look stylish and reasonable, and fun.” Kurt Vonnegut, Slaughterhouse-Five

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