Quote by Ernest Hemingway
It wasnt by accident that the Gettysburg address was so short. The

It wasnt by accident that the Gettysburg address was so short. The laws of prose writing are as immutable as those of flight, of mathematics, of physics. – Ernest Hemingway

Other quotes by Ernest Hemingway

I wish I could write well enough to write about aircraft. Faulkner did it very well in Pylon but you cannot do something someone else has done though you might have done it if they hadnt. – Ernest Hemingway

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Flight, Flying
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That terrible mood of depression of whether its any good or not is what is known as The Artists Reward. – Ernest Hemingway

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good
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All my life Ive looked at words as though I were seeing them for the first time. – Ernest Hemingway

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Life
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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

Brevity is the soul of lingerie. – Dorothy Parker

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Brevity

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

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Brevity

It is my ambition to say in ten sentences; what others say in a whole book. – Friedrich Nietzsche

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Brevity

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The swing on your porch is a better liver of life than the chair in front of your computer. – Terri Guillemets

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Balance, peace, and joy are the fruit of a successful life. It starts with recognizing your talents and finding ways to serve others by using them. – Thomas Kinkade

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Peace

The best books… are those that tell you what you know already. – George Orwell

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Life begins at forty and ends at sixty-five — degrees centigrade. – Martin H. Fischer (1879–1962)

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