He that will write well in any tongue, must follow the counsel of Aristotle, to speak as the common people do, to think as wise men do; and so should every man understand him, and the judgement of wise men allow him.
—Roger Ascham, English writer, Toxiphilus, 1545

Posted on April 12, 1999 at 6:01 PM

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