| 1 | ->''"My liege, and madam, to expostulate\ |
| 2 | What majesty should be, what duty is,\ |
| 3 | What day is day, night night, and time is time,\ |
| 4 | Were nothing but to waste night, day, and time;\ |
| 5 | Therefore, since brevity is the soul of wit,\ |
| 6 | And tediousness the limbs and outward flourishes,\ |
| 7 | I will be brief."'' |
| 8 | -->-- '''Polonius''', ''Theatre/{{Hamlet}} Act II Scene II Line 85-92'' |
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| 10 | %%Don't get carried away trying to turn this into a SelfDemonstratingArticle that uses as few words as possible. This is supposed to be a practical explanatory guideline, not a gag about taking it to an extreme. We already have BeigeProse and LaconicWiki for that. |
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| 12 | Adding more words to something doesn't justify it: in fact, [[WallOfText the more you write, the more they can't read]]. Avoid Administrivia/WordCruft, PurpleProse and empty descriptions in writing your examples or engaging in conversation. |
| 13 | |
| 14 | Conversely, however, Administrivia/{{Zero Context Example}}s or a noun followed by "That is all[=/=]Enough said" is useless as well as boring. The use of few words isn't witty when they're ''the same few words with no meaning pertaining to the subject''. |
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| 16 | This is the motto of LaconicWiki. For use of this guideline as a trope, see BeigeProse. |
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| 18 | [[Theatre/{{Hamlet}} Polonius]] [[HypocriticalHumor does not follow his own advice]]. [[LostInImitation Most don't realize]]. |
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