The rest I omit, because length begets loathing.
[1742 C. Jarvis Don Quixote II. ii. ix.]
‘Length begets loathing.’ I well remember the sultry Sunday evenings when‥we simmered through Mr. Shepherd's long-winded pastorals.
[a 1895 F. Locker-lampson My Confidences (1896) 43]
Related to: brevity and long-windedness
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