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Quote by William Shakespeare
Brevity is the soul of wit, and tediousness the limbs and outward

Brevity is the soul of wit, and tediousness the limbs and outward flourishes. – William Shakespeare

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If to do were as easy as to know what were good to do, chapels had been churches, and poor mens cottage princes palaces. – William Shakespeare

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O God, O God, how weary, stale, flat, and unprofitable seem to me all the uses of this world! – William Shakespeare

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If any man will draw up his case, and put his name at the foot of the first page, I will give him an immediate reply. Where he compels me to turn over the sheet, he must wait my leisure. – Lord Sandwich

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He replies nothing but monosyllables. I believe he would make three bites of a cherry. – Rabelais, Pantagruel

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Never be so brief as to become obscure. – Tryon Edwards

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