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“In good prose (says Schlegel) every word should be underlined!” that is, every word should be the right one; and then no one would be righter than another. There are no italics in Plato. – Augustus William Hare and Julius Charles Hare, Guesses at Truth, by Two Brothers

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

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

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Brevity is the soul of lingerie. – Dorothy Parker

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If you would be pungent, be brief; for it is with words as with sunbeams — the more they are condensed, the deeper they burn. – Robert Southey

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