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Brevity may be the soul of wit, but not when someone's saying "I love you."
Brevity may be the soul of wit, but not when someone's saying "I love you."
Brevity is the best recommendation of speech, whether in a senator or an orator
Brevity is the best recommendation of speech, whether in a senator or an orator
Talk low, talk slow, and don't say too much.
Talk low, talk slow, and don't say too much.
If you would be pungent, be brief; for it is with words as with sunbeams--the more they are condensed, the read more
If you would be pungent, be brief; for it is with words as with sunbeams--the more they are condensed, the deeper they burn.
Brevity and conciseness are the parents of correction.
Brevity and conciseness are the parents of correction.
The most valuable of all talents is that of never using two words when one will do.
The most valuable of all talents is that of never using two words when one will do.
Brevity is the best recommendation of speech, whether in a senator or an orator.
Brevity is the best recommendation of speech, whether in a senator or an orator.
In labouring to be concise, I become obscure.
In labouring to be concise, I become obscure.
It is my ambition to say in ten sentences what other men say in whole books - what other men read more
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.
