definitions

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I wish our clever young poets would remember my homely definitions of prose and poetry; that is, prose = words in their best order; - poetry = the best words in the best order. Samuel Taylor Coleridge

A classic is classic not because it conforms to certain structural rules, or fits certain definitions (of which its author had quite probably never heard). It is classic because of a certain eternal and irrepressible freshness. Edith Wharton

Most controversies would soon be ended, if those engaged in them would first accurately define their terms, and then adhere to their definitions. Tryon Edwards

After all, our laws only reflect the definitions of the majority. When those ideas change, the laws change. George Alec Effinger

I define UNIX as 30 definitions of regular expressions living under one roof. Donald Knuth

Every word has three definitions and three interpretations. Costa Rican Proverb