“To write good poems is the secret of brevity.”
Dejan Stojanovic (1959) poet, writer, and businessman
Simplicity http://www.poetrysoup.com/famous/poem/21390/Simplicity <br class="br">From the poems written in English
“Sense, brevity and point are the elements of a good proverb.”
Source: A Dictionary of Thoughts, 1891, p. 452.
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Qu'eu cut c'atretan grans sens
Es, qui sap razo gardar,
Com los motz entrebeschar.
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