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Brevity is the soul of wit.

William Shakespeare

Hamlet

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Shakespeare, William. "Hamlet." Mr. William Shakespeare's Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies. London: Edward Blount and William and Isaac Jaggard, 1623, act 2, sc. 2.

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Shakespeare, William. "Hamlet." The Norton Shakespeare, edited by Stephen Greenblatt, et al., 3rd ed., W. W. Norton & Company, 2015, act 2, sc. 2.

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So me think, why waste time say lot word, when few word do trick.

Kevin Malone

The Office

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"The Incentive." The Office, written by Greg Daniels and Paul Lieberstein and Ricky Gervais, directed by Charles McDougall, season 8, episode 2, Deedle-Dee Productions and Reveille Productions, 2011.

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Give brief orders; speeches that are too long are likely to be forgotten.

Abu Bakr

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Bakr, Abu. Quoted in "Sayings of Abu Bakir." Examining Religions: Islam, written by Ruqaiyyah Waris Maqsood. Heinemann Educational, 2008.

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