The style of an author should be the image of his mind, but the choice…

Edward Gibbon
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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. ✨ Edward Gibbon (1837). The Miscellaneous Works of Edward Gibbon: With Memoirs of His Life and Writing Composed by Himself, Illustrated from His Letters with Occasional Notes and Narrative, p.92
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