top of page

"Brevity is the best recommendation of speech, whether in a senator or an orator."

Marcus Tullius Cicero, Roman Statesman

Brevity, Speech

48

Create Your Own Wallpaper

Standard

Customized

"Brevity is the best recommendation of speech, whether in a senator or an orator."

Exlpore more Brevity quotes

"Aim for brevity while avoiding jargon."

Edsger Dijkstra, Dutch Scientist

Brevity, Jargon

"Brevity is a great charm of eloquence."

Marcus Tullius Cicero, Roman Statesman

Brevity, Charm, Eloquence

"Brevity and conciseness are the parents of correction."

Hosea Ballou, American Clergyman

Brevity, Correction, Parents

"It's a long story. I'll make it short as I can."

Donna Tartt, American Novelist

Brevity, Storytelling, Economy, Communication, Clarity

"Quidquid praecipies, esto brevis.(Whatever advice you give, be brief.)"

Horace, Roman Poet

Brevity, Advice, Wisdom, Clarity

"Brevity is the best recommendation of speech, whether in a senator or an orator."

Marcus Tullius Cicero, Roman Statesman

Brevity, Speech

Explore more quotes by Marcus Tullius Cicero

"Frivolity is inborn, conceit acquired by education."

"The function of wisdom is to discriminate between good and evil."

"For how many things, which for our own sake we should never do, do we perform for the sake of our friends."

"A home without books is a body without soul."

"Nothing is so unbelievable that oratory cannot make it acceptable."

"The life of the dead is placed in the memory of the living."

"Hatred is settled anger."

"Cannot people realize how large an income is thrift?"

"Never injure a friend, even in jest."

"Love is the attempt to form a friendship inspired by beauty."

bottom of page