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More Quotes by Charles de Montesquieu


	"An author is a fool who, not content with boring those he lives with, insists on boring future generations." - -- Charles de Montesquieu

Subject: Writing

Top 5 quotes from Writing

"One must be an inventor to read well. There is then creative reading as well as creative writing."
"What is written without effort is in general read without pleasure."
"Writing a book is an adventure. To begin with, it is a toy and an amusement; then it becomes a mistress, and then it becomes a master, and then a tyrant. The last phase is that just as you are about to be reconciled to your servitude, you kill the monster, and fling him out to the public."
"The time to begin writing an article is when you have finished it to your satisfaction. By that time you begin to clearly and logically perceive what it is you really want to say."
"Politics is not a bad profession. If you succeed there are many rewards, if you disgrace yourself you can always write a book."

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