The first rule, then, for a good style is that the author s… - Arthur Schopenhauer

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The first rule, then, for a good style is that the author should have something to say; nay, this is in itself almost all that is necessary.

Arthur Schopenhauer

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Arthur Schopenhauer (22 February 1788 – 21 September 1860) was a German philosopher, most famous for his work The World as Will and Representation (1819).

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Daher nun ist die erste, ja, schon für sich allein beinahe ausreichende Regel des guten Stils diese, dass man etwas zu sagen habe.

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The first rule, then, for a good style is that the author should have something to say; nay, this is in itself almost all that is necessary. - Arthur Schopenhauer

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