True brevity of expression consists in a man only saying what is worth…

Arthur Schopenhauer
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True brevity of expression consists in a man only saying what is worth saying, while avoiding all diffuse explanations of things which every one can think out for himself. ✨ Arthur Schopenhauer (2015). Essays of Schopenhauer: Top Essays, p.29, 谷月社
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