Brevity Quotes

Brevity may be the soul of wit, but not when someone’s saying “I love you.” When someone’s saying “I love you,” he always ought to give a lot of details: Like, Why does he love you? And, How much does he love you? And, When and where did he first begin to love you? Favorable […]

Let thy speech be short, comprehending much in few words. (Ecclesiasticus 32:8)

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

No speech can be entirely bad if it is short enough.

I shall be so brief that I have already finished.

Good things, when short, are twice as good.

Whatever your advice, make it brief.

I struggle to be brief, and I become obscure.

There is need of brevity, that the thought may run on.

Those who make the worst use of their time are the first to complain of its brevity.