It is no great art to say something briefly when, like Tacitus, one has something to say; when one has nothing to say, however, and none the less writes a whole book and makes truth into a liar - that I call an achievement.
There is need of brevity, that the thought may run on.
When I struggle to be terse, I end by being obscure.
Aiming at brevity, I become obscure.
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