First think up a good beginning; then think up a good ending; finally, keep them as close together as possible.
Writing advice: craft a strong beginning and ending, then shorten the space between them.
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The most valuable of all talents is that of never using two words when one will do.
— Thomas Jefferson
A good speech consists of a good beginning and a good ending, preferably close together.
Brevity is the soul of wit.
— William Shakespeare
One rare, strange virtue in speeches, and the secret of their mastery, is, that they are short.
— Halleck
If you would be pungent, be brief; for it is with words as with sunbeams the more they are condensed, the deeper they bu…
— Southey
I have made this letter longer than usual, because I lack the time to make it short.
— Blaise Pascal
