The more an idea is developed, the more concise becomes its expression; the more a tree is pruned, the better is the fruit.

Bougeard - better is the fruit - wist_info quote

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Alfred Bougeard (1815-1882) French writer
(Attributed)

In J. De Finod (ed., tr.) A Thousand Flashes of French Wit, Wisdom, and Wickedness (1881).