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craft

«If one takes pride in one's craft, you won't let a good thing die. Risking it through not pushing hard enough is not a humility.»
Author: Paul Keating | Keywords: craft, pushing, risking
«In pious times 'ere priest craft did begin, Before polygamy was made a sin: When man, on many, multiply'd his kind Ere one to one was, cursedly, confined; When Nature prompted, and no law deny'd Promiscuous use of concubine and bride»
«Everything a writer learns about the art or craft of fiction takes just a little away from his need or desire to write at all. In the end he knows all the tricks and has nothing to say»
«And through his policy also he shall cause craft to prosper in his hand; and he shall magnify himself in his heart, and by peace shall destroy many: he shall also stand up against the Prince of princes; but he shall be broken without hand.»
Author: Bible | Keywords: craft, magnify
«And the voice of harpers, and musicians, and of pipers, and trumpeters, shall be heard no more at all in thee; and no craftsman, of whatsoever craft he be, shall be found any more in thee; and the sound of a millstone shall be heard no more at all in thee; / And the light of a candle shall shine no more at all in thee; and the voice of the bridegroom and of the bride shall be heard no more at all in thee: for thy merchants were the great men of the earth; for by thy sorceries were all nations deceived.»
«Brave shoemakers, all gentlemen of the gentle craft.»
«A noble craft, but somehow a most melancholy! All noble things are touched with that.»
Author: Herman Melville (Novelist, Poet, Writer) | Keywords: craft, touched
«It destroys the craft not to learn it»
Author: Irish Sayings | About: Learning | Keywords: craft, The Craft
«Criticism is often not a science; it is a craft, requiring more good health than wit, more hard work than talent, more habit than native genius. In the hands of a man who has read widely but lacks judgment, applied to certain subjects it can corrupt both its readers and the writer himself.»
«If a book comes from the heart it will contrive to reach other hearts. All art and author craft are of small account to that.»