We should not write so that it is possible for the reader to understand us, but so that it is impossible for him to misu — Marcus Fabius Quintilianus
We should not write so that it is possible for the reader to understand us, but so that it is impossible for him to misu — Marcus Fabius Quintilianus
We should not write so that it is possible for the reader to understand us, but so that it is impossible for him to misu — Marcus Fabius Quintilianus
We should not write so that it is possible for the reader to understand us, but so that it is impossible for him to misu — Marcus Fabius Quintilianus
We should not write so that it is possible for the reader to understand us, but so that it is impossible for him to misu — Marcus Fabius Quintilianus
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We should not write so that it is possible for the reader to understand us, but so that it is impossible for him to misunderstand us.

— Marcus Fabius Quintilianus
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