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.
The best quotes are both funny and true, and therefore memorable. At the end of this talk good on conversations, Celeste Headlee credits her sister with this quote.
A good conversation is like a miniskirt; short enough to retain interest, but long enough to cover the subject.
The sister might have borrowed the idea from Winston Churchill. 🤷🏻♂️
I think the idea generalizes to writing too, so I’m going to adapt the spirit of this quote for my own purposes.
A good
conversationblog is like a miniskirt; short enough to retain interest, but long enough to cover the subject.
And it’s working. I already deleted three sentences from this post – and added this one. 🤔
Before I forget, here’s a salacious photo – as required – to catch your attention.
“I didn’t have time to write a short letter, so I wrote a long one instead.”
Mental Break Town 