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In composing, as a general rule, run your pen through every other

In composing, as a general rule, run your pen through every other word you have written; you have no idea what vigor it will give your style. – Sydney Smith

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Do not try to push your way through to the front ranks of your profession do not run after distinctions and rewards but do your utmost to find an entry into the world of beauty. – Sydney Smith

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Beauty
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In the country I always fear that creation will expire before tea-time. – Sydney Smith

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Tea
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Madam, I have been looking for a person who disliked gravy all my life let us swear eternal friendship. – Sydney Smith

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Friendship
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Other Quotes from
Brevity
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I strive to be brief, and I become obscure. – Horace

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Brevity

I have made this [letter] longer than usual because I have not had time to make it shorter. – Blaise Pascal, Lettres Provinciales, 1657, translated from French

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Brevity

It is with words as with sunbeams. The more they are condensed, the deeper they burn. – Robert Southey

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Brevity

Brevity and conciseness are the parents of correction. – Hosea Ballou

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Brevity

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A kiss can be a comma, a question mark or an exclamation point. That’s basic spelling that every woman ought to know. – Mistinguett, quoted in Theatre Arts, Volume39, Issue12, 1955

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I never knew what real happiness was until I got married. And by then it was too late. – Max Kauffman

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I think that economic patriotism is the very foundation of a European vision. – Dominique de Villepin

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Patience is the most necessary quality for business, many a man would rather you heard his story than grant his request. – Lord Chesterfield

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