Conciseness Quotes

In all pointed sentences, some degree of accuracy must be sacrificed to conciseness.
— Samuel Johnson The British Magazine

accuracy

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

brevity

Conciseness is the sister of talent. - Anton Chekhov quote.

Conciseness is the sister of talent.
— Anton Chekhov The Reader’s Enncyclopedia

Conciseness in art is essential and a refinement. The concise man makes one think; the verbose bores. Always work towards conciseness.
— Édouard Manet Portrait of Manet by Himself and His Contemporaries

The flavor of detached thoughts depends upon the conciseness of their expression: for thoughts are grains of sugar, or of salt, that must be melted in a drop of water. - Jean Antoine Petit-Senn quote.

The flavor of detached thoughts depends upon the conciseness of their expression: for thoughts are grains of sugar, or of salt, that must be melted in a drop of water.
— Jean Antoine Petit-Senn A Thousand Flashes of French Wit, Wisdom, and Wickedness

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