...the excellence of the mental entertainment consists less in the subject than in the author's skill in well dressing it up.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Good writing matters more than the subject itself.
- In plain terms
- How you tell the story is better than the story.
- What can you take from it?
- Presentation often outweighs content.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- Is style more important than substance?
Another view
Content quality still fundamentally matters.
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