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A well-written Life is almost as rare as a well-spent one.
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A well-written life is almost as rare as a well-spent one.
thomas carlyle— 1838 Critical and Miscellaneous Essays,'Jean Paul Fredrich Richter'.
I curse in everyday life, but usually when I stub my toe. The topics I'm discussing, it's not necessary to curse. I found [cursing] is a sign that a joke is not finished or well-written.
jim gaffigan— Michael McIntyre (February 9, 2007) "He's bringing home the bacon, from clubs to Super Bowl ads", The Plain Dealer, p. 30.
This is a brutal book – sensual, rude, coarse, and cruel. However, it is timely and well-written, even witty.
william powell— Introductory words by P. M. Bergman
A well-written Life is almost as rare as a well-spent one.
thomas carlyle— Richter (1827).
I often find that a novel, even a well-written and compelling novel, can become a blur to me soon after I've finished reading it. I recollect perfectly the feeling of reading it, the mood I occupied, but I am less sure about the narrative details. It is almost as if the book were, as Wittgenstein said of his propositions, a ladder to be climbed and then discarded after it has served its purpose.”
— By Sven Birkerts in Sven Birkerts (14 November 2006). The Gutenberg Elegies: The Fate of Reading in an Electronic Age. Macmillan. p. 84. ISBN 978-0-86547-957-9.
