Quotes
"It is an old observation that the best writers sometimes disregard the rules of
rhetoric. When they do so, however, the reader will usually find in the
sentence some compensating merit, attained at the cost of the violation. Unless
he is certain of doing as well, he will probably do best to follow the rules.
After he has learned, by their guidance, to write plain English adequate for
everyday uses, let him look, for the secrets of style, to the study of the
masters of literature."
-- Elements of Style, William Strunk, Jr. - 1918
