I have made this letter longer than usual, because I lack the time to make it short.
Blaise Pascal, Letters provincials, 1656-1657.
Writing briefly and clearly takes more time and effort than writing at length.
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In books, it is the chief of all perfections to be plain and brief.
— Bp. Butler
Brevity to writing is what charity is to all other virtues; righteousness is nothing without the one, nor authorship wit…
— Sydney Smith
Brevity is the soul of wit.
— William Shakespeare
Reading makes a full man; conversation, a ready man ; and writing, an exact man.
— Lord Bacon
Everything should be made as simple as possible, but not simpler.
— Albert Einstein
The fewer the words the better the prayer.
— Martin Luther
