it is the brevity of life which makes it tolerable; its experiences have value because they have an end.
Brevity is the best recommendation of speech, whether in a senator or an orator.
Let my life as Poet begin. I want the life of the Poet. I have labored for over twelve years, one thousand pages of prose. Now, I want the easiness of poetry. The brevity of the poem.
Aim for brevity while avoiding jargon.
Brevity: To say at once whatever is to be said.
[S]ince brevity is the soul of wit, And tediousness the limbs and outward flourishes, I will be brief.
The secret of being a bore. . . is to tell everything.
There is need of brevity, that the thought may run on.
Let those who thoughtfully consider the brevity of life remember the length of eternity.
This is going to take a while. I'm a fantasy author. We have trouble with the concept of brevity.
Brevity is the soul of wit.
Four basic premises of writing: clarity, brevity, simplicity, and humanity.
If you can't explain something in a few words, try fewer.
If brevity is the soul of wit then brevity and levity are the whole of it.
Many things prevent knowledge, including the obscurity of the subject and the brevity of human life
Brevity never fatigues; therefore, brevity is always a welcome guest.
Necessary, since every moment in our lives is marked by death, like a shadow from another realm, it appear to us like a vanishing point for everything. How can one meditate on live without meditating too on its brevity, its precariousness, its fragility?
What is the real function, the essential function, the supreme function, of language? Isn't it merely to convey ideas and emotions? Certainly. Then if we can do it with words of fonetic brevity and compactness, why keep the present cumbersome forms?
The public, as a whole, finds reassurance in longevity, and, after the necessary interlude of reaction, is disposed to recognize extreme old age as a sign of excellence. The long-liver has triumphed over at least one of man's initial handicaps: the brevity of life.
A good short story is a work of art which daunts us in proportion to its brevity. . . . No inspiration is too noble for it; no amountof hard work is too severe for it.