Brevity Quotes

86 Brevity quotes by 71 unique authors

[S]ince brevity is the soul of wit, And tediousness the limbs and outward flourishes, I will be brief. — William Shakespeare
There came to him an image of man’s whole life upon the earth. It seemed to him that all man’s life was like a tiny… — Thomas Wolfe
Our hearts, they need a mirror, Tessa. We see our better selves in the eyes of those who love us. And there is a beauty… — Cassandra Clare
In labouring to be concise, I become obscure. — Horace
What is a epigram? A dwarfish whole. Its body brevity, and wit its soul. — Samuel Taylor Coleridge
With this sense of the splendour of our experience and of its awful brevity, gathering all we are into one desperate effort to see and… — Walter Pater
Its body brevity, and wit its soul. — Samuel Taylor Coleridge
If I am to speak ten minutes, I need a week for preparation; if fifteen minutes, three days; if half an hour, two days; if… — Woodrow Wilson
To write good poems is the secret of brevity. — Dejan Stojanovic
I saw one excellency was within my reach - it was brevity and I determined to obtain it. — John Jay
I have a talent for silence and brevity. I can keep silent when it seems best to do so, and when I speak I can,… — Rutherford Birchard Hayes

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