A Living Pencil

Solid joys, deep sorrows, aggressive hope

Good prose is economical.

(discovered in Barron’s
PSAT preparation book)

hiddenart on April 17, 2007 at 4:05 pm said:

Oh, I have a good quote….waiting for a blog entry. Try Edmund Burke:
*Economy is a distributive virtue, and consists not in saving, but in selection*
Dana in GA
PS Yours goes in the copy book….I guess they didnt tell you who said that 😦

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magistramater on April 17, 2007 at 4:14 pm said:

Wow, Dana, those two quotes dovetail! This sentence was just in the midst of instructions for improving paragraphs. I googled the sentence with quotations marks around it and came up empty.I’m interested in hearing what you think of The Virgin of Bennington. And finally, now you know why I admire your always-perfect coiffure. My hair has a mind of its own and refuses to be tamed!

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MNJL59 on April 17, 2007 at 4:37 pm said:

See, economy! that’s why I don’t write…. I think your hair is lovely, Carol

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hiddenart on April 17, 2007 at 5:00 pm said:

Hmmm, Noel, I’m seeing more and more comments of late….welcome to the tea party 🙂

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