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Quote by Friedrich Nietzsche
It is my ambition to say in ten sentences; what others say in a wh

It is my ambition to say in ten sentences; what others say in a whole book. – Friedrich Nietzsche

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Words are but symbols for the relations of things to one another and to us nowhere do they touch upon absolute truth. – Friedrich Nietzsche

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Truth
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Friedrich Nietzsche
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Not necessity, not desire – no, the love of power is the demon of men. Let them have everything – health, food, a place to live, entertainment – they are and remain unhappy and low-spirited: for the demon waits and waits and will be satisfied. – Friedrich Nietzsche

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Friedrich Nietzsche
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If you bring that sentence in for a fitting, I can have it shortened by Wednesday. – M*A*S*H, Hawkeye, “The Gun”

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I will be brief. Not nearly so brief as Salvador Dali, who gave the worlds shortest speech. He said I will be so brief I have already finished, and he sat down. – Edward O. Wilson

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Brevity

Beware of expanding what is clear…. A literary work is produced by means of art, a book by means of ink and paper. You may produce a work in two pages, and only make a book although you fill ten volumes folio. – Joseph Joubert (1754–1824), translated from French by George H. Calvert, 1

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I strive to be brief, and I become obscure. – Horace

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Brevity

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