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«The turgid style of Johnson, the purple glare of Gibbon, and even the studied and thickset metaphors of Junius are all equally unnatural, and should not be admitted into our company.»
«The fact that the talk may be boring or turgid or uninspiring should not cause us to forget the fact that it is preferable to war.»
«The common faults of American language are an ambition of effect, a want of simplicity, and a turgid abuse of terms.»
«Reading those turgid philosophers here in these remote stone buildings may not get you a job, but if those books have forced you to ask yourself questions about what makes life truthful, purposeful, meaningful, and redeeming, you have the Swiss Army Knife of mental tools, and it's going to come in handy all the time.»
Author: Bill Watterson
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