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Brevity Quotes by Robert Breault
- If you can't explain something in a few words, try fewer.
- The trick to writing an aphorism is to place a period at the point where you're inclined to say, "in other words....
More Brevity Quotes
- Those who make the worst use of their time are the first to complain of its shortness. — Jean de la Bruyere
- Brevity is the best recommendation of speech, whether in a senator or an orator. — Marcus Tullius Cicero
- Whatever advice you give, be short. — Horace
- The breaking up of the terrestrial globe, this it is we witness. It doubtless began a long time ago, and the brevity… — Eduard Suess
- Teach him a certain refinement in sorting out and selecting his arguments, with an affection for relevance and so for brevity. Above… — Michel de Montaigne
- My four articles of faith: clarity, simplicity, brevity and humanity. — William Zinsser
- He will see himself and life and the world as truly as our human limitations will permit; realizing the brevity and minuteness… — Bertrand Russell
- What is the real function, the essential function, the supreme function, of language? Isn't it merely to convey ideas and emotions? Certainly.… — Mark Twain