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1 " One merit of poetry few persons will deny: it says more and in fewer words than prose. "
― Voltaire , Philosophical Dictionary
2 " House Speaker Thomas Reed could destroy an argument or expose a fallacy in fewer words than anyone else. His language was vivid and picturesque. He had a way of phrasing things which was peculiarly apt and peculiarly his own. "
― Barbara W. Tuchman , The Proud Tower: A Portrait of the World Before the War, 1890-1914
3 " Men command fewer words than they have ideas to express, and language, as Jean Paul said, is a dictionary of faded metaphors. "
― Walter Lippmann , Public Opinion
