Wikiquote talk:Quote of the day/December 13

Pedantry and mastery are opposite attitudes toward rules. To apply a rule to the letter, rigidly, unquestioningly, in cases where it fits and in cases where it does not fit, is pedantry... To apply a rule with natural ease, with judgment, noticing the cases where it fits, and without ever letting the words of the rule obscure the purpose of the action or the opportunities of the situation, is mastery. ~ George Pólya ~

The above section needs to be copied into the project page by an admin — I seem to missed the deadline on rolling protection for this page. ~ Kalki (talk · contributions) 20:39, 11 December 2009 (UTC)