I saw one excellency was within my reach – it was brevity and I determined to obtain it.
—John Jay
Showing posts with label brevity. Show all posts
Showing posts with label brevity. Show all posts
Sunday, February 16, 2020
Sunday, February 02, 2020
Post #3004
Cervantes speaks of potted wisdom as " short sentences drawn from a long experience."
—Charles Buxton
—Charles Buxton
Wednesday, November 27, 2019
Tuesday, November 26, 2019
Tuesday, June 03, 2014
Post #1564
If you would be pungent, be brief; for it is with words as with sunbeams—the more they are condensed the deeper they burn.
—Robert Southey
Sunday, October 27, 2013
Wednesday, September 04, 2013
Post #1333
It is safe to make a choice of your thoughts, scarcely ever safe to express them all.
—Isaac Barrow
—Isaac Barrow
Saturday, December 22, 2012
Post #1144
The most valuable of all talents is that of never using two words when one will do.
—Thomas Jefferson
—Thomas Jefferson
Sunday, April 08, 2012
A deadly viper once bit a hole snipe's hide; But 'twas the viper, not the snipe, that died.
- dave
- El Paso, Texas, United States
- Native Texan · Navy Veteran · Various Scars and Tattoos · No Talent, but yet a Character