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Quote by Francois Fenelon
The more you say, the less people remember. The fewer the words, t

The more you say, the less people remember. The fewer the words, the greater the profit. – Francois FeNelon

Other quotes by Francois Fenelon

A good historian is timeless although he is a patriot, he will never flatter his country in any respect. – Francois Fenelon

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respect
Author
Francois Fenelon
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There is a set of religious, or rather moral, writings which teach that virtue is the certain road to happiness, and vice to misery in this world. A very wholesome and comfortable doctrine, and to which we have but one objection, namely, that it is not true. – Francois Fenelon

Category:
Happiness
Author
Francois Fenelon
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Brevity
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Never be so brief as to become obscure. – Tryon Edwards

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Brevity

Brevity is the soul of lingerie. – Dorothy Parker

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Brevity

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

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Brevity

Good things, when short, are twice as good. – Baltasar Gracián, The Art of Worldly Wisdom, translated from Spanish

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Brevity

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When a bonsai stops growing, you know its dead. – Japanese Proverb

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Tradition means giving votes to the most obscure of all classes, our ancestors. It is the democracy of the dead. Tradition refuses to submit to that arrogant oligarchy who merely happen to be walking around. – Gilbert K. Chesterton

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Exercise is done against ones wishes and maintained only because the alternative is worse. – George A. Sheehan

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Marriage is really tough because you have to deal with feelings… and lawyers. – Richard Pryor

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