The chief merit of
The chief merit of language is clearness. Galen
Clearness
The chief merit of
The chief merit of language is clearness, and we know that nothing detracts so much from this as do unfamiliar terms. Galen
It may be observed,
It may be observed, that very polished languages, and such as are praised for their superior clearness and perspicuity, are generally deficient in strength. Edmund Burke
The objects of a
The objects of a financier are, then, to secure an ample revenue; to impose it with judgment and equality; to employ it economically; and, when necessity obliges him to make use of credit, to secure its foundations in that instance, and for ever, by the clearness and candor of his proceedings, the exactness of his … Read more
Speaking of Georges Bizet:
Speaking of Georges Bizet: His music has the tang of sunny climates, their bracing air, their clearness. It voices a sensibility hitherto unknown to us. Friedrich Nietzsche
…one can speak with
…one can speak with the utmost clearness, and yet not be heard by anyone. Friedrich Nietzsche
I do not believe
I do not believe in adding enrichment merely for the sake of enrichment. Unless it adds clearness to the enunciation of the theme, it is undesirable, for it is very little understood. Frank Lloyd Wright
An old French mathematician
An old French mathematician said: A mathematical theory is not to be considered complete until you have made it so clear that you can explain it to the first man whom you meet on the street. This clearness and ease of comprehension, here insisted on for a mathematical theory, I should still more demand for … Read more
He was not only,
He was not only, I soon discovered, a water drinker, but a strict vegetarian, to which, perhaps, he owed a great deal of the almost preternatural clearness, volubility, and sensitiveness of mind. Charles Kingsley
To see the butcher
To see the butcher slap the steak before he laid it on the block, and give his knife a sharpening, was to forget breakfast instantly. It was agreeable too – it really was – to see him cut it off so smooth and juicy. There was nothing savage in the act, although the knife was … Read more