A Quote by Martial

He who writes distichs, wishes, I suppose, to please by brevity. But, tell me, of what avail is their brevity, when there is a whose book full of them?

Martial

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Martial
Roman - Poet
March 1, 40 - 102

Brevity never fatigues; therefore, brevity is always a welcome guest.

Theophile Gautier

If brevity is the soul of wit then brevity and levity are the whole of it.

Michael R. Burch

Children should not be coddled in their intellectual training any more than in their physical; and though the studies should be made interesting the interest should arise out of the studies themselves. We have bred a generation that cannot digest anything intellectual but tablets of peptonized food. One sees that in the popular papers with their brevity, still increasing in brevity as far as brevity can increase, and in the capacity for thought of our rulers.

Arthur Lynch

The little things are what is eternal, and the rest, all the rest, is brevity, extreme brevity.

Antonio Porchia

Infancy is what is eternal, and the rest, all the rest, is brevity, extreme brevity.

Antonio Porchia

Cocktail parties for me can be nerve-racking. The brevity of conversations, the number of them - it's not my sweet spot.

MacKenzie Scott

Why the brevity? Because I'd rather people read my book twice than only half-way through

Mohsin Hamid

Favorite books and authors while growing up - I'd need a book to list them all. For the sake of brevity: Shakespeare, Dickens, Mark Twain, Victor Hugo, world's mythology, the Arthurian legends. And the unabridged dictionary. And they're still my favorites. They get better each time I read them.

Lloyd Alexander

Brevity is the soul of lingerie.

Dorothy Parker

Brevity - the sister of talent.

Anton Chekhov

Brevity is the soul of wit.

William Shakespeare

I confess to wincing every so often at a poorly chosen word, a mangled sentence, an expression of emotion that seems indulgent or overly practiced. I have the urge to cut the book by fifty pages or so, possessed as I am with a keener appreciation for brevity.