"Never be sincere - sincerity is the death of writing."

-- Gordon Lish

#Writing Quotes #Crafts Quotes #Sincerity Quotes

“I have procured air [oxygen] ... between five and six times as good as the best common air that I have ever met with.”
“Trust and reputation are not discretionary. They are as necessary in business as the people in whom they reside.”
“The sooner our society admits that the Negro Revolution is no momentary outburst soon to subside into placid passivity, the easier the future will be for us all.”
“Mediocrity is always in a rush; but whatever is worth doing at all is worth doing with consideration. For genius is nothing more nor less than doing well what anyone can do badly.”

Source : Letters to His Son, 10 Mar. 1746
“I feel however, that we architects have a special duty and mission... (to contribute) to the socio-cultural development of architecture and urban planning”
“To play for Barcelona, means to have an opportunity for a brilliant career. But to reach the top of it, you have to play for Real Madrid.”
“Who is so deaf or so blind as is he that willfully will neither hear nor see?”
“By cool Siloam's shady rill How sweet the lily grows!”

Source : 1812 In the Christian Observer, Apr.

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