“It breaks immortality's neck
Contemplates crime and therefore halts it;
It humbles barbarous nations
And makes of savages, champions.”
"Por La Education" (To Education, c. 1876) - translator unknown
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José Rizal 64
Filipino writer, ophthalmologist, polyglot and nationalist 1861–1896Related quotes
“You break your neck, and I’ll see it mended just so I can break it again.”
Nynaeve al'Meara
(15 November 1990)
“All I want
Is one break
Which is not
My neck.”
The Ginger Man (1955; New York: Delacorte Press, 1973) p. 319.
Source: The Golden Bough (1890), Chapter 18, The Perils of the Soul.
“Break any of these rules sooner than say anything outright barbarous.”
"Politics and the English Language" (1946)
Context: Never use a metaphor, simile, or other figure of speech which you are used to seeing in print. Never use a long word where a short one will do. If it is possible to cut a word out, always cut it out. Never use the passive voice where you can use the active. Never use a foreign phrase, a scientific word, or a jargon word if you can think of an everyday English equivalent. Break any of these rules sooner than say anything outright barbarous.
Source: The Complete Essays
