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Quotations
![]() | I have only made this letter longer because I have not had the time to make it shorter — Blaise Pascal, 1623-1662, French thinker 8 likes |
![]() | It is my ambition to say in ten sentences what others say in a whole book. — Friedrich Nietzsche, 1844-1900, German philosopher 6 likes |
![]() | Good things, when short, are twice as good. — Baltasar Gracian, 1601-1658, Spanish writer 5 likes |
![]() | My most useful acting tip came from my pal John Wayne. Talk low, talk slow, and don't say too much. — Michael Caine, 1933-, English actor 5 likes |
![]() | I’m the Ernest Hemingway of 140 characters. — Donald Trump, 1946-, President of the USA 4 likes |
![]() | The most valuable of all talents is that of never using two words when one will do. — Thomas Jefferson, 1749-1826, American President [1801-1809] 4 likes |
![]() | People who know little are usually great talkers, while men who know much say little. — Jean Jacques Rousseau, 1712-1778, Swiss-French philosopher 4 likes |
![]() | Brevity is the soul of wit. — William Shakespeare, 1564-1616, English poet & playwright ‐ Hamlet 4 likes |
![]() | Struggling to be brief I become obscure. 3 likes |
![]() | You complain, my friend, of the length of my epigrams, but you yourself write nothing. Yours are shorter. — Martial, 43-104 AD, Roman poet of epigrams 3 likes |
![]() | Aphorisms are the true form of the universal philosophy. — Friedrich von Schlegel, 1772-1829, German writer 3 likes |
![]() | I have a talent for silence and brevity. I can keep silent when it seems best to do so, and when I speak I can, and do usually, quit when I am done. — Rutherford B. Hayes, 1822-1893, American President [1877-1881] 2 likes |
![]() | Be sincere, Be brief, Be seated. — Franklin Roosevelt, 1882-1945, American President [1936-1945] (advice to his son James on how to make a public speech) 2 likes |
![]() | Life appears to me too short to be spent in nursing animosity, or registering wrongs. — Charlotte Brontë, 1816-1855, English novelist & poet 2 likes |
![]() | I strive to be brief, and I become obscure. |
![]() | Kind words can be short and easy to speak, but their echoes are truly endless. — Mother Teresa, 1910-1997, Albanian-Indian nun & missionary |
![]() | Everything that is exact is short. |
![]() | Brevity never fatigues; therefore, brevity is always a welcome guest. |
![]() | The fewer the words, the better the prayer. — Martin Luther, 1483-1546, German theologian, protagonist of Reformation |
Latin Quotes
![]() | [Say] much in few [words]. Multa paucis. 34 likes |
Quotes in Verse
![]() | Who is wise in love, love most, say least. — Alfred Tennyson, 1809-1892, English poet 2 likes |
Funny Quotes
![]() | I shall be so brief that I have already finished. |
Ancient Greek
![]() | You should speak truthfully; you should not talk too much. Αληθόμυθον χρη είναι, ού πολύλογον. — Democritus, 470-370 BC, Ancient Greek philosopher 5 likes |
![]() | That man is wise who can say what he wants in a minimum of words. Σοφού προς ανδρός όστις εν βραχεί πολλούς καλώς οίος τε συντέμνειν λόγους. — Aristophanes, 445-386 BC, Ancient Greek comic playwright ‐ Thesmophoriazusae 5 likes |
![]() | Brevity is the source of wit. Το λακωνίζειν εστί φιλοσοφείν. 4 likes |
![]() | Don't use many words to say little; use few words to say much. Μη εν πολλοίς ολίγα λέγε, αλλ’ εν ολίγοις πολλά. — Pythagoras, 580-490 BC, Ancient Greek philosopher 3 likes |
![]() | Hold your tongue especially in banquets. Γλώσσης κρατάν και μάλιστα εν συμποσίω. — Chilon of Sparta, 6th cent. BC, one of the 7 sages of Ancient Greece 3 likes |
![]() | He or silence keeps or speaks in season. Φιλεί δε σιγάν ή λέγειν τα καίρια. — Aeschylus, 525-456 BC, Ancient Greek tragedian 2 likes |
![]() | The best treasure a man can have is a sparing tongue. Γλώσσης τοι θησαυρός εν ανθρώποισιν άριστος φειδωλής. — Hesiod, 7th cent. BC, Ancient Greek poet ‐ Works and Days -719 2 likes |
Proverbs
![]() | Few words are sugar, no words are honey. 3 likes |