“Never use a metaphor, simile, or other figure of speech which you are
used to seeing in print. Never use a long word where a short one will
do. If it is possible to cut a word out always cut it out. Never use the
passive voice where you can use the active. Never use a foreign phrase a
scientific word or a jargon word if you can think of an everyday
English equivalent. Break any of these rules sooner than say anything
outright barbarous.”
“The essence of being human is that one does not seek perfection, that
one is sometimes willing to commit sins for the sake of loyalty, that
one does not push asceticism to the point where it makes friendly
intercourse impossible, and that one is prepared in the end to be
defeated and broken up by life, which is the inevitable price of
fastening one's love upon other human individuals.”
“I do hope you'll forgive me if I overwhelm you with talk. When I meet
somebody who's heard that books exist, I'm afraid I go off like a bottle
of warm beer.”
―
George Orwell
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