Brevity Quotes
86 Brevity quotes by 71 unique authors
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Those who make the worst use of their time are the first to complain of its shortness.
— Jean de la Bruyere
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The secret of a good sermon is to have a good beginning and a good ending, then having the two as close together as possible.
— George Burns
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Brevity is the best recommendation of speech, whether in a senator or an orator.
— Marcus Tullius Cicero
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Brevity is a great charm of eloquence.
— Marcus Tullius Cicero
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Brevity - the sister of talent.
— Anton Chekhov
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Whatever advice you give, be short.
— Horace
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The breaking up of the terrestrial globe, this it is we witness. It doubtless began a long time ago, and the brevity of human life…
— Eduard Suess
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Teach him a certain refinement in sorting out and selecting his arguments, with an affection for relevance and so for brevity. Above all let him…
— Michel de Montaigne
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Writing is 1 percent inspiration, and 99 percent elimination.
— Louise Brooks
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My four articles of faith: clarity, simplicity, brevity and humanity.
— William Zinsser
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Four basic premises of writing: clarity, brevity, simplicity, and humanity.
— William Zinsser
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What is an epigram? A dwarfish whole, its body brevity, and wit its soul.
— Samuel Taylor Coleridge
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Short stories consume you faster. They're connected to brevity. With the short story, you are up against mortality. I know how tough they are as…
— Ali Smith
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Many things prevent knowledge, including the obscurity of the subject and the brevity of human life
— Protagoras
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Children should not be coddled in their intellectual training any more than in their physical; and though the studies should be made interesting the interest…
— Arthur Lynch
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A short saying often contains much wisdom.
— Sophocles
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Not to discriminate every moment some passionate attitude in those about us, and in the very brilliancy of their gifts some tragic dividing of forces…
— Walter Pater
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It's no use telling us that something was 'mysterious' or 'loathsome' or 'awe-inspiring' or 'voluptuous.' By direct description, by metaphor and simile, by secretly evoking…
— C.S. Lewis
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Folk melodies are the embodiment of an artistic perfection of the highest order; in fact, they are models of the way in which a musical…
— Bela Bartok
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Conversation! Supple sentences, with first and second meanings and overtones beyond, outrageous challenges with cleverly planned slip-points, rebuttals of elegant brevity; deceptions and guiles, patient…
— Jack Vance
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When we fully understand the brevity of life, its fleeting joys and unavoidable pains; when we accept the facts that all men and women are…
— Clarence Darrow
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For the sake of brevity, we will always represent this number 2.718281828459... by the letter e.
— Leonhard Euler
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Brevity and conciseness are the parents of correction....
— Hosea Ballou
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Let my life as Poet begin. I want the life of the Poet. I have labored for over twelve years, one thousand pages of prose.…
— Maxine Hong Kingston
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Brevity is the soul of command. Too much talking suggests desperation on the part of the leader. Speak shortly, decisively and to the point–and couch…
— Cyrus the Great
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71 authors contributed a total of 86 Brevity Quotes, led by these top contributors: