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What is an epigram? A dwarfish whole, its body brevity, and wit its soul.

- Samuel Taylor Coleridge

Brevity is the soul of lingerie.

- Dorothy Parker

Infancy is what is eternal, and the rest, all the rest, is brevity, extreme brevity.

- Al Cade
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Aim for brevity while avoiding jargon.

- Albert Haldemann

Brevity is a great charm of eloquence.

- Alvina Tan

Brevity is the best recommendation of speech, whether in a senator or an orator.

- Alvina Tan

Four basic premises of writing: clarity, brevity, simplicity, and humanity.

- Barry Church

Brevity is the soul of wit.

- William Shakespeare

Brevity is the best recommendation of speech, whether in a senator or an orator

- Marcus Tullius Cicero

Brevity is a great charm of eloquence

- Marcus Tullius Cicero