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St Gregory the Theologian, NPNF II.7
§8. To Nicobulus, 54. Letter 54
On Laconicism. To be laconic is not merely, as you suppose, to write few words, but to say a great deal in few words. Thus I call Homer very brief and Antimachus lengthy. Why? Because I measure the length by the matter and not by the letters.