Horace Obscure Quotations

Aiming at brevity, I become obscure.

When I struggle to be terse, I end by being obscure.

In labouring to be brief, I become obscure.

Not to create confusion in what is clear, but to throw light on what is obscure.

In trying to be concise I become obscure.

In laboring to be concise, I become obscure. [Lat., Brevis esse laboro, obscurus fio.]

I strive to be brief, and become obscure.