All Quotes By Tag: Brevity

“To write good poems is the secret of brevity.”

“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.”

“Believe is brevity.”

“The brevity of life is walk in the path of light.”

“The breath of life is the brevity to live.”

“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 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.”

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

“I have only made this letter longer because I have not had the time to make it shorter.”(Letter 16, 1657)”

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