quotes about Brevity
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A parsimony of words prodigal of sense.
-- Benjamin Disraeli -
The greatest surprise in life to me is the brevity of life.
-- Billy Graham -
You evidently feel that brevity is the soul of widowhood.
-- Hector Hugh Munro -
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No weapons are more potent than brevity and simplicity.
-- Katherine Cecil ThurstonSource : Katherine Cecil Thurston (2008). “Max (EasyRead Large Edition)”, p.348, ReadHowYouWant.com
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Brevity is a great charm of eloquence.
-- Marcus Tullius Cicero -
It was almost funny. Life seemed downright accidental in its brevity, and death a punch line to a lousy joke.
-- Maureen Johnson -
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Many things prevent knowledge, including the obscurity of the subject and the brevity of human life
-- Protagoras -
Brevity in writing is the best insurance for its perusal.
-- Rudolf Virchow -
Let us return to 'no'. It has the charm of brevity.
-- Sharon LeeSource : Sharon Lee, Steve Miller (2010). “The Dragon Variation”, p.10, Baen Publishing Enterprises
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Like all sweet dreams, it will be brief, but brevity makes sweetness, doesn't it?
-- Stephen King -
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Brevity never fatigues; therefore, brevity is always a welcome guest.
-- Theophile Gautier -
it is the brevity of life which makes it tolerable; its experiences have value because they have an end.
-- Winifred Holtby