"To be imprecise with language, to fall prey to what they now call “[[semantic-creep]]”—**exaggerating and misusing important words until they have no meaning**—this is the mark of not just a sloppy thinker but a bad temperament. **When you talk, it should matter**. When you say something, it should mean something." --- **Tags** -- [[quotes]], [[attention-to-detail]], [[not-speaking]], [[writing-as-thinking]], [[discipline]] **Source** -- [[202409150124 - B - Discipline is Destiny]]