Voltaire Quotes

Brevity: To say at once whatever is to be said.

For effective communication, use brevity. Jesus said, 'Follow me.' Now that's brief! He could be brief because of all that he was that he didn't have to say.

Conciseness is underrated

I shall be so brief that I have already finished.

Oh, I have now a mania for shortness. Whatever I read - my own or other people's works - it all seems to me not short enough.

I'm short and to the point.

Be brief. Above all things be brief.

[S]ince brevity is the soul of wit, And tediousness the limbs and outward flourishes, I will be brief.

In giving advice I advise you, be short.

If you would be pungent, be brief.

You evidently feel that brevity is the soul of widowhood.

My stories are very compact. I want them to say the most complex things in the simplest way.

A little inaccuracy sometimes saves a ton of explanation.

Brevity is the soul of wit.

Why need I volumes, if one word suffice?

In labouring to be concise, I become obscure.

To say more, is to say less.

Do not say a little in many words but a great deal in a few.

Simplicity is the glory of expression.

Less is almost always better than more. Short words, short sentences, short speeches.

In heaven, when the blessed use the telephone they will say what they have to say and not a word besides.

Brevity - the sister of talent.

If you can't be smart or funny, be brief.

Never use five words if you can get away with one, eh? I've known dead men talk more than you do.

Say what you have to say and the first time you come to a sentence with a grammatical ending - sit down.