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When I struggle to be terse, I end by being obscure.

Horace

Let thy speech be short, comprehending much in few words.

Apocrypha

Least said is soonest disavowed.

Ambrose Bierce

Brevity is very good, When we are, or are not understood.

Samuel Butler

Men are born with two eyes, but with one tongue, in order that they should see twice as much as they say.

Charles Caleb Colton

To be brief is almost a condition of being inspired.

George Santayana

Men of few words are the best men.

William Shakespeare

All pleasantry should be short; and it might even be as well were the serious short also.

Voltaire

Be brief, for no discourse can please when too long.

Miguel de Cervantes

Never be so brief as to become obscure.

Tryon Edwards

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Relationship Quote

A man keeps another's secret better than he does his own. A woman, on the other hand, keeps her own better than another's.

- Jean de La Bruyere

Relationship Quote

Never have a companion who casts you in the shade.

- Baltasar Gracian

Happiness Quote

Much happiness is overlooked because it doesn't cost anything.

- Oscar Wilde

Motivational Quote

It's not the load that breaks you down, it's the way you carry it.

- Lou Holtz

Life Quote

Do not pray for an easy life, pray for the strength to endure a difficult one.

- Bruce Lee

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