Brevity is the soul of wit
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Brevity is the soul of wit.

Prov. Jokes and humorous stories are funnier if they are short. Dale took ten minutes to tell that joke; he obviously doesn't know that brevity is the soul of wit. The comedian was in the middle of a long, tedious story when someone in the audience shouted, "Brevity is the soul of wit!"

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Brevity is the soul of wit (redirected from brevity)

Brevity is the soul of wit
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