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

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

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Any philosophy that can be put in a nutshell belongs there. – Branch Rickey

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

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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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