Robert Southey: If you would be pungent, be brief; for it is with words as with sunbeams--the…
If you would be pungent, be brief; for it is with words as with sunbeams--the more they are condensed the deeper they burn.
In today’s wordsIf you want to make a point, be brief; words are like sunbeams: the more concentrated they are, the deeper they burn.
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- The more aware you are, the more care you can show.
- If your word is good, you are good. If your word is no good, you are not good.
- Never allow negative words of the past to negate your positive future.
- Language most shows a man; speak that I may see thee.
- Men build too many walls and not enough bridges.