Brevity Quotes

"The shortness of life, so often lamented, may be the best thing about it." "So the writer who breeds more words than he needs is making a chore for the reader who reads" "When words are scarce they are seldom spent in vain." "Macrology may smell of artifice, but brevity may also cloak falsification." "Good writers are those who keep the language efficient." "There are times when it is necessary to write simply" "So the writer who breeds more words than he needs, is making a chore" "He that speaks much is much mistaken." "A short story is a different thing altogether" "The lyf so short, the art so long to lerne" "Don't use words too big for the subject"