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Brevity is the soul of wit.
by ccppurcell 1y ago
Brevity is the soul of wit.
- krige 1y agoPeople forget that Polonius, the source of this quote, used seven lines, the above included, to say that Hamlet is mad. It was meant to be ironic, or a joke.
- dcminter 1y agoPlus he was a pompous old fool... his advice shouldn't be taken at face value!
- ccppurcell 1y agoMany a true word was said in jest.
- whstl 1y agoThat's why we can't have good things.
- garbawarb 1y agoBrevity is wit.
- SAI_Peregrinus 1y agoSmol = wit. 11 characters. Could omit the period and spaces for 8. Needed to use the meme spelling "smol" since it's shorter than "small". Can we get it shorter without losing the meaning entirely? Maybe `wit□smol` though that's not the syntax for how `□` is used in modal logic, and still 8 characters (though a bit closer to the original meaning).
- stevage 1y agoNot all writing needs to be witty.