Brevity famous quotes

A parsimony of words prodigal of sense.
-- Benjamin Disraeli

#Parsimony #Brevity

The greatest surprise in life to me is the brevity of life.
-- Billy Graham

#Surprise #Brevity

Aim for brevity while avoiding jargon.
-- Edsger Dijkstra

#Jargon #Aim #Brevity

You evidently feel that brevity is the soul of widowhood.
-- Hector Hugh Munro

#Soul #Widowhood #Brevity

Aiming at brevity, I become obscure.
-- Horace

#Obscure #Brevity

No weapons are more potent than brevity and simplicity.
-- Katherine Cecil Thurston

#Simplicity #Weapons #Brevity

Brevity is a great charm of eloquence.
-- Marcus Tullius Cicero

#Philosophical #Charm #Brevity

It was almost funny. Life seemed downright accidental in its brevity, and death a punch line to a lousy joke.
-- Maureen Johnson

#Funny Life #Lines #Brevity

Many things prevent knowledge, including the obscurity of the subject and the brevity of human life
-- Protagoras

#Obscurity #Human Life #Brevity

Brevity in writing is the best insurance for its perusal.
-- Rudolf Virchow

#Writing #Science #Brevity

Let us return to 'no'. It has the charm of brevity.
-- Sharon Lee

#Return #Charm #Brevity

Like all sweet dreams, it will be brief, but brevity makes sweetness, doesn't it?
-- Stephen King

#Dream #Sweet #Brevity

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

#Welcome #Brevity #Fatigue

it is the brevity of life which makes it tolerable; its experiences have value because they have an end.
-- Winifred Holtby

#Ends #Brevity #Values