Henry Watson Fowler Quotes:
Ocupation: Lexicographer
Life: March 10, 1858 - December 26, 1933
Birthday: March 10
Death: December 26
Any one who wishes to become a good writer should endeavour, before he allows himself to be tempted by the more showy qualities, to be direct, simple, brief, vigorous, and lucid.
source: Henry Watson Fowler, Francis George Fowler (1931). “The King's English”, Oxford University Press
topic: Writing, Simple, Quality, Showy, Writing Words, Written Language, Vigorous
