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Quoteworthy: C.S. Lewis – Don’t use words too big for the subject

JB | Mar 15, 2010 | 4 Comments | Print |

“Don’t use words too big for the subject. Don’t say infinitely when you mean very; otherwise you’ll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite.”

— C.S. Lewis

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  1. Joe Newbert says:
    March 16, 2010 at 4:25 am

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    March 17, 2010 at 12:29 am

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    March 17, 2010 at 1:59 am

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  4. Bruce says:
    May 19, 2010 at 3:54 am

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