Brevity and conciseness are the parents of correction. Hosea Ballou American Clergyman More Hosea Ballou Quotes 0
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 touch, we shall hardly have time to make theories about the things we see and touch. Walter Pater English Critic More Walter Pater Quotes 0
Brevity is a great charm of eloquence. Marcus Tullius Cicero Roman Statesman More Marcus Tullius Cicero Quotes 0
Brevity is the best recommendation of speech, whether in a senator or an orator. Marcus Tullius Cicero Roman Statesman More Marcus Tullius Cicero Quotes 0
What is a epigram? A dwarfish whole. Its body brevity, and wit its soul. Samuel Taylor Coleridge English Poet More Samuel Taylor Coleridge Quotes 0
Infancy is what is eternal, and the rest, all the rest, is brevity, extreme brevity. Antonio Porchia Italian Poet More Antonio Porchia Quotes 0
I find it satisfying and intellectually stimulating to work with the intensity, brevity, balance and word play of the short story. Annie Proulx American Journalist More Annie Proulx Quotes 0
Those who make the worst use of their time are the first to complain of its brevity. Jean de la Bruyere French More Jean de la Bruyere Quotes 0
Four basic premises of writing: clarity, brevity, simplicity, and humanity. William Zinsser American More William Zinsser Quotes 0