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“The point of all this is not so that the copper in question can learn more about your motivations and beliefs. They lack such psychoanalytic curiosity. That's why they're traffic policemen. By making you answer a question to which they already know the answer, they are asserting their authority, and belittling yours. That's also why they're traffic policemen.”
― The Elements of Eloquence: How to Turn the Perfect English Phrase
― The Elements of Eloquence: How to Turn the Perfect English Phrase
“if you say, ‘Full fathom five thy father lies’, you will be considered the greatest poet who ever lived. Express precisely the same thought any other way – e.g. ‘your father’s corpse is 9.144 metres below sea level’ – and you’re just a coastguard with some bad news.”
― The Elements of Eloquence: How To Turn the Perfect English Phrase
― The Elements of Eloquence: How To Turn the Perfect English Phrase
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