• The style of an author should be the image of his mind, but the choice and command of language is the fruit of exercise.

  Edward Gibbon
  British historian 1737-1794
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Subjects in these quotes:

1. language
2. exercise
3. choice
4. fruit

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The style of an author should be the image of his mind, but the choice and command of language is the fruit of exercise. by : Edward Gibbon

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