brevity

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college

essay

essay writing

jargon

antisocial tendency

talkativeness

wanting to be left alone

storytelling

is inviting. A long document defends it well against the risk of its being read.

The length of this document defends it well against the risk of its being read. Winston Churchill

 also runs the risk of excessive conciseness. A poem may be improperly brief. Undue brevity degenerates into mere epigrammatism.

It is clear that a poem may be improperly brief. Undue brevity degenerates into mere epigrammatism. A very short poem, while now and then producing a brilliant or vivid, never produces a profound or enduring, effect. There must be the steady pressing down of the stamp upon the wax. Edgar Allan Poe

is about quality over content. Great minds have the faculty of saying a great deal in a few words, so lesser minds have a talent of talking much, and saying nothing.

As great minds have the faculty of saying a great deal in a few words, so lesser minds have a talent of talking much, and saying nothing. Francois de La Rochefoucauld

is admirable. Broadly speaking, the short words are the best, and the old words best of all.

Broadly speaking, the short words are the best, and the old words best of all.

is more difficult than its opposite. If one is asked to give a two-hour presentation, one can be ready today. If asked for only a five-minute speech, it will take two weeks to prepare.

If you want me to give you a two-hour presentation, I am ready today. If you want only a five-minute speech, it will take me two weeks to prepare. Mark Twain

is advised. In every fat book there is a thin book trying to get out.

In every fat book there is a thin book trying to get out.

is wise to strive after, for the more you say, the less they remember.

The more you say, the less they remember. Anatole France

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