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

Spartans, stoics, heroes, saints and gods use short and positive speech.

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

Brevity and conciseness are the parents of correction.

Talk low, talk slow, and don't say too much.

Good things, when short, are twice as good.

There's a great power in words, if you don't hitch too many of them together.

The most valuable of all talents is that of never using two words when one will do.

Brevity may be the soul of wit, but not when someone's saying "I love you."

It is my ambition to say in ten sentences what other men say in whole books - what other men do not say in whole books.

Brevity is the soul of lingerie.

I have made this letter longer than usual, because I lack the time to make it short.

Therefore, since brevity is the soul of wit, And tediousness the limbs and outward flourishes, I will be brief.

There's a great power in words, if you don't hitch too many of them together.

The fewer the words, the better the prayer.

If you would be pungent, be brief; for it is with words as with sunbeams--the more they are condensed, the deeper they burn.

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

Brevity is a great charm of eloquence.

FOUR FLOWERS The Sun Arose in Morning Glory with His Goldenrod Wanding Violet to Rose .

It is my ambition to say in ten sentences; what others say in a whole book.