May I take this opportunity to present what is perhaps the worst written paragraph I have ever encountered in an otherwise justifiably vaunted publication, none other than On War, by Carl Von Clausewitz, and please take alert heed that Von Clausewitz is not the author of this specimen of awry prose or 'literature', but rather, a critic of it, using it as an example of how not to write, and how to make your writing practically unbearable to read.
An object lesson, of just how askew concerted attempts at logic can become, in what is a sincere effort to be be understood, on nothing less than the importance of protecting human life and property from the perils of uncontrolled fire...

The example itself is presented in bold print, following Clausewitz' preparation for what proves to be a terrific tangle of written expression...

"It is, perhaps, not impossible to write a systematic
theory of War full of spirit and substance, but ours.
hitherto, have been very much the reverse. To say
nothing of their unscientific spirit, in their striving after
coherence and completeness of system, they overflow
with commonplaces, truisms, and twaddle of every kind.
If we want a striking picture of them we have only to
read Lichtenberg's extract from a code of regulations
in case of fire.

If a house takes fire, we must seek, above all things,
to protect the right side of the house standing on the left,
and, on the other hand, the left side of the house on the
right; for if we, for example, should protect the left side
of the house on the left, then the right side of the house
lies to the right of the left, and consequently as the fire
lies to the right of this side, and of the right side (for we
have assumed that the house is situated to the left of
the fire), therefore the right side is situated nearer to
the fire than the left, and the right side of the house might
catch fire if it was not protected before it came to the
left, which is protected. Consequently, something might
be burnt that is not protected, and that sooner than
something else would be burnt, even if it was not protected;
consequently we must let alone the latter and
protect the former. In order to impress the thing on
one's mind, we have only to note if the house is situated
to the right of the fire, then it is the left side, and if the
house is to the left it is the right side.


('Tha' tha' tha' That's all folks!')

Clausewitz resolves:
"In order not to frighten the intelligent reader by
such commonplaces, and to make the little good that
there is distasteful by pouring water upon it, the Author
has preferred to give in small ingots of fine metal his
impressions and convictions, the result of many years'
reflection on War, of his intercourse with men of ability,
and of much personal experience. Thus the seemingly
weakly bound-together chapters of this book have
arisen, but it is hoped they will not be found wanting
in logical connection. Perhaps soon a greater head may
appear, and instead of these single grains, give the whole
in a casting of pure metal without dross."