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I'd like to get away from earth awhile And then come back to it and begin over. May no fate wilfully misunderstand me And half grant what I wish and snatch me away Not to return. Earth's the right place for love: I don't know where it's likely to go better.Robert Frost
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I have only made this letter longer because I have not had the time to make it shorter.", 1657)Blaise Pascal
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It is my ambition to say in ten sentences what others say in a whole book.Friedrich Nietzsche
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Against the censurers of brevity. - Something said briefly can be the fruit of much long thought: but the reader who is a novice in this field, and has as yet reflected on it not at all, sees in everything said briefly something embryonic, not without censuring the author for having served him up such immature and unripened fare.Friedrich Nietzsche
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To write good poems is the secret of brevity.Dejan Stojanovic
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The secret of a good sermon is to have a good beginning and a good ending and to have the two as close together as possible.George Burns
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I've had orgasms lasting longer than our relationship.Ahmed Mostafa
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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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The definition of Brevity: That which people believe would be a virtue - in me!Greg Curtis
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Life is too short to waste being a productive member of society.Sol Luckman
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Clarity of thought is a must for brevity in speech.Somali K Chakrabarti
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The story of a life can be as long or as short as the teller wishes. Whether the life is tragic or enlightened, the classic gravestone inscription marking simply the dates of birth and death has, in its brevity, much to recommend it.Michel Houellebecq
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Personally, I am always more impressed by simplicity, clarity; it is the mark of a writer who knows his subject well and is secure enough not to 'lay it on' in the telling. Aim for complexity of thought, not expression.Noah Lukeman
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Brevity Is Best: Nicknamed "Silent Cal, " President Calvin Coolidge was once challenged by a reporter, saying, "I bet someone that I could get more than two words out of you." Coolidge responded, "You lose." The notion of crafting six word memoirs really took off after Smith Magazine shared this poignant one written by Ernest Hemingway: "For Sale: baby shoes, never worn." Pithiness Pays Off For Other Reasons: When required to be brief, for example, we gain clarity about what we really mean -- or have to offer. As Mark Twain once wrote, in a slower-paced time, "I didn't have time to write a short letter, so I wrote a long one instead.Kare Anderson
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From her character in the HBO miniseries: "The art of politics is the art of applying the seat of the britches to the seat of the chair.Abigail Adams
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Brevity is the soul of wit.William Shakespeare
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I have only made this letter longer because I have not had the time to make it shoBlaise Pascal
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Let thy speech be short comprehending much in few words.Bible
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The more you say the less people remember. The fewer the words the greater the profit.Francois Fenelon
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The fewer the words the better prayer.Martin Luther
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The wisdom of nations lies in their proverbs which are brief and pithy.William Penn
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God helps the brave.Friedrich Von Schiller