JOHANN WOLFGANG
VON GOETHE
"I am a bear of very little brain, and long words bother me."
WINNIE THE POOH
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| The Art of Verbosity | |
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Try to use the word "prioritize" at least once in every conversation, and sprinkle "if you will"s and "so to speak"s liberally whenever you get a chance. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Don't say "soon," say "in the recent past of the not-too-distant future." | |
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| Don't say "the reason I was late," say "the causalities of my recent failure to appear at the predesignated, aforementioned hour." | |
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"When ideas fail, words come in very handy." JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE |
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| POSTSCRIPT "I am a bear of very little brain, and long words bother me." WINNIE THE POOH |
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