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Sit down to write what you have thought, and not to think what you shall write.

Sit down to write what you have thought, and not to think what you shall write.

William Cobbett
Writing, Thinking
William Cobbett (1847). “A grammar of the English language, etc”, p.192

All my plans in private life; all my pursuits; all my designs, wishes, and thoughts, have this one great object in view: the overthrow of the ruffian Boroughmongers. If I write grammars; if I write on agriculture; if I sow, plant, or deal in seeds; whatever I do has first in view the destruction of those infamous tyrants.

William Cobbett
Writing, Views, Tyrants
Political Register, August 14, 1819.

He who writes badly thinks badly

William Cobbett
Writing, Thinking
William Cobbett (1842). “A Grammar of the English Language in a Series of Letters: Intended for the Use of Schools and of Young Persons in General; But More Especially for the Use of Soldiers, Sailors, Apprentices, and Plough-boys. To which are Added Six Lessons, Intended to Prevent Statesmen from Using False Grammar and from Writing in an Awkward Manner”, p.179

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