Brevity Quotes

Brevity is the soul of wit.

humor

It is better not to speak a word at all than to speak more words than we should.

Sooner throw a pearl at hazard than an idle or useless word; and do not say little in many words, but a great deal in a few.

TO SUM UP

It may be observed
in a general way
that life would be
better, distinctly,
if more of the people
with nothing to say
were able to say it
succinctly.

Brevity and conciseness are the parents of conviction.  The leaden bullet is more fatal than when multiplied into shot.

conciseness

Words are like leaves; and where they most abound,
Much fruit of sense beneath is rarely found.

words

If you would be pungent, be brief; for it is with words as with sunbeams—the more they are condensed, the deeper they burn.

writing advice words