A long ribbon of blank blue paper curling out of a green glass inkwell.

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Pride and Prejudice  ·  1813

Jane Austen

A person who can write a long letter with ease, cannot write ill.

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What it means

Our interpretation.

A compliment about letters, claiming that anyone who can write a long one easily is incapable of writing badly. It treats fluency as a sign of quality, suggesting that ease in filling pages reflects real skill with words rather than mere volume.

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