William Shakespeare
Playwright, Poet
"Men of few words are the best men." (3.2.41)"
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Few Words
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J. K. Rowling
Novelist, Screenwriter
"Welcome to a new year at Hogwarts! Before we begin our banquet, I would like to say a few words. And here they are: Nitwit! Blubber! Oddment! Tweak!"
Abigail Adams
First Lady, Advocate
"To be good, and do good, is the whole duty of man comprised in a few words."
Epictetus
Philosopher
"Let silence be your general rule; or say only what is necessary and in few words."
Elie Wiesel
Writer, Holocaust Survivor
"Emphasis must be put on learning: there is no substitute to education. It can be briefly formulated in a few words: always, whatever you do in life, think higher and feel deeper."
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"My old man is a man of few words."
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"The Holy Spirit has a way of His own to say much in few words."
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"I can look back at my own life and see where a few words of praise have sharply changed my entire future. Can't you say the same thing about your life?"
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"Just a few words on time management: forget all about it."
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"A proverb has three characteristics: few words, good sense, and a fine image."
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"With few words I shall make thee understand my soul."
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"Lead us in a few words of silent prayer."
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"With few words, one can speak the truth."
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"Read as few words as you like, and speak fewer, but act upon the law."
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"As it is the characteristic of great wits to say much in few words, so small wits seem to have the gift of speaking much and saying nothing."
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"The little saying, 'Be still and know that I Am God' ... contains the entire wisdom of religion in those few words."
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"Though a man should say but a few words, and his sentences and words be ever so ungrammatical, if he speaks by the power of the Holy Ghost, he will do good."
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"The speeches to be wary of are those that begin with I'm just going to say a few words."
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"Independence is earned by a few words of cheap confidence"
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"Poetry teaches the enormous force of a few words, and, in proportion to the inspiration, checks loquacity."
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"She knew few words and believed in none."
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"A Tory..., since the revolution, may be defined in a few words, to be a lover of monarchy, though without abandoning liberty; anda partizan of the family of Stuart. As a Whig may be defined to be a lover of liberty though without renouncing monarchy; and a friend to the settlement in the protestant line."
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"On a few words of what is real in the world I nourish myself. I defend myself against Whatever remains."
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"For life is a trumpery thing at best, isn't it? A few moments, a few words, between dark and dark. But in true love you keep company with the Gods."
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"My ideal, indeed, can be put into a few words, and that is: to preach unto mankind their divinity, and how to make it manifest in every movement of life."
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