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Quote by Robert Southey
If you would be pungent, be brief; for it is with words as with su

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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The loss of a friend is like that of a limb time may heal the anguish of the wound, but the loss cannot be repaired. – Robert Southey

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No distance of place or lapse of time can lessen the friendship of those who are thoroughly persuaded of each other’s worth. – Robert Southey

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Never use a long word when a diminutive one will do. – Author Unknown

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If it takes a lot of words to say what you have in mind, give it more thought. – Dennis Roth

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Brevity

It is with words as with sunbeams. The more they are condensed, the deeper they burn. – Robert Southey

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Brevity

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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When words leave off, music begins. – Heinrich Heine

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Alas, by the time Fate caught up with my life, Chance had it all planned. – Robert Brault, rbrault.blogspot.com

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I dont know Dr. Rosenberg. I have never met her, I have never spoken or corresponded with this woman. And to my knowledge, she is ignorant of my work and background except in the very broadest of terms. – Steven Hatfill

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In science the important thing is to modify and change ones ideas as science advances. – Herbert Spencer

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