“Brevity is the soul of wit.”
William Shakespeare
“Therefore, since brevity is the soul of wit, And tediousness the limbs and outward flourishes, I will be brief”
“Its body brevity, and wit its soul.”
Samuel Taylor Coleridge
“What is an epigram? a dwarfish whole, its body brevity, and wit its soul”
“Brevity is the soul of lingerie.”
Dorothy Parker
“Four basic premises of writing: clarity, brevity, simplicity, and humanity.”
William Zinsser
“Brevity is a great charm of eloquence”
Marcus Tullius Cicero
