5 Quotes Tagged: conciseness

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Examine every word you put on paper. You'll find a surprising number that don't serve any purpose.

"In all pointed sentences, some degree of accuracy must be sacrificed to conciseness."

(On the Bravery of the English Common Soldiers)

Not that the story need be long, but it will take a long while to make it short.”

[Letter to Harrison Blake; November 16, 1857]

I have made this longer than usual because I have not had time to make it shorter.

"I have only made this letter longer because I have not had the time to make it shorter."

(Letter 16, 1657)