Shouldn't that be:<div><br></div><div>"Fewer words. Less crap."</div><div><br><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Apr 21, 2011 at 11:07 AM, Mary Sheahan <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:mhs_tw@yahoo.com">mhs_tw@yahoo.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">Both are very appropriate indeed! I'm going to post them next to these two:<br>
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"No great thing is created suddenly, any more than a bunch of grapes or a fig.<br>
If you tell me that you desire a fig, I answer you that there must be time. Let<br>
it first blossom, then bear fruit, then ripe n." -Epictetus, Discourses<br>
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and<br>
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"Less words. Less crap." -- Shtikl.com<br>
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Cheers,<br>
Mary<br>
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From: Andy Kass <<a href="mailto:akass@jaspersoft.com">akass@jaspersoft.com</a>><br>
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Sent: Thu, April 21, 2011 1:51:11 PM<br>
Subject: Re: OFF-Topic: Perfect Proverb for Tech Writers<br>
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On Wed, 20 Apr 2011 11:01:46 -0700, "Flato, Gillian" <<a href="mailto:gflato@nanometrics.com">gflato@nanometrics.com</a>><br>
wrote:<br>
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> "Tell me, and I'll forget. Show me, and I may not remember. Involve me, and<br>
>I'll understand."<br>
> Native American Proverb<br>
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Mmmm, proverbs and quotes, I love them. Though I have to say, my version of the<br>
tech writer's proverb is:<br>
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"Ce que l'on conçoit bien s'énonce clairement,<br>
Et les mots pour le dire arrivent aisément."<br>
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"That which is well conceived is clearly said,<br>
And the words to say it flow with ease."<br>
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--Nicolas Boileau-Despréaux (1636-1711)<br>
L'Art Poétique (The Art of Poetry, 1674), Canto I, l. 153<br>
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<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicolas_Boileau-Despr%C3%A9aux" target="_blank">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicolas_Boileau-Despr%C3%A9aux</a><br>
<a href="http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Nicolas_Boileau-Despr%C3%A9aux" target="_blank">http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Nicolas_Boileau-Despr%C3%A9aux</a><br>
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Thanks,<br>
<br>
Andy<br>
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