Eric Norris

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Writing, when properly managed, (as you may be sure I think mine is) is but a different name for conversation:1 As no one, who knows what he is about in good company, would venture to talk all;—so no author, who understands the just boundaries of decorum and good breeding, would presume to think all: The truest respect which you can pay to the reader’s understanding, is to halve this matter amicably, and leave him something to imagine, in his turn, as well as yourself.
The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman
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