Quotes of Verbosity - somelinesforyou

“ A tautology's truth is certain, a proposition's possible, a contradiction's impossible. ”

- Ludwig Wittgenstein

“ Verbosity leads to unclear, inarticulate things. ”

- Dan Quayle

“ He draweth out the thread of his verbosity finer than the staple of his argument. ”

- William Shakespeare

“ Do not fight verbosity with words: speech is given to all, intelligence to few. ”

- Moralia

“ I have made this letter a rather long one, only because I didn't have the leisure to make it shorter. ”

- Blaise Pascal

“ This report, by its very length, defends itself against the risk of being read. ”

- Winston Churchill

“ Propositions show what they say: tautologies and contradictions show that they say nothing. ”

- Ludwig Wittgenstein

“ Reason is simply a vast tautology. ”

- J. M. Coetzee

“ To create man was a quaint and original idea, but to add the sheep was tautology. ”

- Mark Twain

“ Once the last trace of emotion has been eradicated, nothing remains of thought but absolute tautology. ”

- Theodor W. Adorno
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