OFF-Topic: Perfect Proverb for Tech Writers

[Linda Rose]

Shouldn't that be:

"Fewer words. Less crap."



On Thu, Apr 21, 2011 at 11:07 AM, Mary Sheahan <mhs_tw at yahoo.com> wrote:

> Both are very appropriate indeed!  I'm going to post them next to these
> two:
>
> "No great thing is created suddenly, any more than a bunch of grapes or a
> fig.
> If you tell me that you desire a fig, I answer you that there must be time.
> Let
> it first blossom, then bear fruit, then ripe n." -Epictetus, Discourses
>
> and
>
> "Less words.  Less crap."  -- Shtikl.com
>
> Cheers,
> Mary
>
>
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----
> From: Andy Kass <akass at jaspersoft.com>
> To: framers at lists.frameusers.com
> Sent: Thu, April 21, 2011 1:51:11 PM
> Subject: Re: OFF-Topic: Perfect Proverb for Tech Writers
>
> On Wed, 20 Apr 2011 11:01:46 -0700, "Flato, Gillian" <
> gflato at nanometrics.com>
> wrote:
> >
> > "Tell me, and I'll forget. Show me, and I may not remember. Involve me,
> and
> >I'll understand."
> > Native American Proverb
>
> Mmmm, proverbs and quotes, I love them. Though I have to say, my version of
> the
> tech writer's proverb is:
>
> "Ce que l'on conçoit bien s'énonce clairement,
> Et les mots pour le dire arrivent aisément."
>
> "That which is well conceived is clearly said,
> And the words to say it flow with ease."
>
> --Nicolas Boileau-Despréaux (1636-1711)
>  L'Art Poétique (The Art of Poetry, 1674), Canto I, l. 153
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicolas_Boileau-Despr%C3%A9aux
> http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Nicolas_Boileau-Despr%C3%A9aux
>
> Thanks,
>
>  Andy
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