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Brevity
Let thy speech be short,
comprehending much
in few words.
?Bible, Ecclesiasticus
Spartans, stoics, heroes, saints and
gods use short and positive speech.
?Ralph Waldo Emerson
Brevity is the best recommendation
of speech, whether
in a senator or an orator.
?Marcus Tullius Cicero
Brevity and conciseness are
the parents of correction.
?Hosea Ballou
Talk low, talk slow, and
don't say too much.
?John Wayne
Good things, when short,
are twice as good.
?Baltasar Gracian
There's a great power in
words, if you don't hitch too
many of them together.
?Josh Billings
The most valuable of all talents is that of
never using two words when one will do.
?Thomas Jefferson
Brevity may be the soul of wit, but not
when someone's saying "I love you."
?Judith Viorst
It is my ambition to say in ten
sentences what other men say
in whole books - what other men
do not say in whole books.
?Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche
Brevity is the soul of lingerie.
?Dorothy Parker
I have made this letter longer than usual,
because I lack the time to make it short.
?Blaise Pascal
Therefore, since brevity is the
soul of wit, And tediousness the
limbs and outward flourishes,
I will be brief.
?William Shakespeare
