Brevity is the soul of wit.

William Shakespeare

Amen. Done. ✅

[Author attempts to restrain self and stop here but must link to a related joke, a fashion analogy, and a counter-example.]

Okay, also…

Being a storyteller and not just a basic sage, Shakespeare had some amusing / ironic context around this quote, including a “windy preface”, as part of the play Hamlet.

Brevity is taken to the extreme at The McKittrick Hotel in New York, where you can experience a Shakespearian tale with no words.