Letter Copying Presses

Famous quotes containing the words letter, copying and/or presses:

    [I]n our country economy, letter writing is an hors d’oeuvre. It is no part of the regular routine of the day.
    Thomas Jefferson (1743–1826)

    In the course of writing one historical book or another, it has happened that I could hardly restrain myself from simply copying entire documents. Indeed, I sometimes sank down among the documents and said to myself, I can’t improve on these.
    Alfred Döblin (1878–1957)

    I would forget it fain,
    But O, it presses to my memory
    Like damnèd guilty deeds to sinners’ minds.
    William Shakespeare (1564–1616)