January 21, 2010

#111

Prolixity is not an excess of words but a dearth of ideas.

Escolios a un Texto Implícito: Selección, p. 40

2 comments:

  1. The original Spanish is:

    La prolijidad no es exceso de palabras, sino escasez de ideas.

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  2. Cf. Notas, p. 456:

    "Prolixity is not born from an abundance of words, but from a lack of ideas.
    Beings whose monosyllables are verbose."

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