Quotes Tagged "brevity"

I'd like to get away from earth awhile And then come back to it and begin over. May no fate wilfully misunderstand me And half grant what I wish and snatch me away Not to return. Earth's the right place for love: I don't know where it's likely to go better.

To believe in God is the brevity of life.

When we fully understand the brevity of life, its fleeting joys and unavoidable pains; when we accept the facts that all men and women are approaching an inevitable doom: the consciousness of it should make us more kindly and considerate of each other. This feeling should make men and women use their best efforts to help their fellow travelers on the road, to make the path brighter and easier as we journey on. It should bring a closer kinship, a better understanding, and a deeper sympathy for the wayfarers who must live a common life and die a common death.

The breath of life is the brevity to live.

It is my ambition to say in ten sentences what others say in a whole book.

Against the censurers of brevity. - Something said briefly can be the fruit of much long thought: but the reader who is a novice in this field, and has as yet reflected on it not at all, sees in everything said briefly something embryonic, not without censuring the author for having served him up such immature and unripened fare.

To write good poems is the secret of brevity.

The secret of a good sermon is to have a good beginning and a good ending; and to have the two as close together as possible.

Brevity is the soul of wit.

Brevity is a great charm of eloquence.

Brevity is the best recommendation of speech, whether in a senator or an orator.

What is a epigram? A dwarfish whole. Its body brevity, and wit its soul.

Aim for brevity while avoiding jargon.