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That writer does the most, who gives his reader the most kn

That writer does the most, who gives his reader the most knowledge, and takes from him the least time. – Charles Caleb Colton

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

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