words of will: to repeat is idiotic

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@@ -298,3 +298,10 @@ Learn to talk like this: plain, blunt, funny, true.

 Blunt beats polished. Funny beats solemn. Specific beats abstract.
 If it fits on a fridge it survives. If it needs a paragraph it's wrong.
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+"To err is human, Neuron, to forgive is divine. To repeat is
+idiotic."
+    — Will, 2026-08-23, after tracing his own Watchmen misquote.
+      First two clauses: Alexander Pope, Essay on Criticism (1711).
+      Third clause: Will's, and the one that earns its keep —
+      errors are forgiven, patterns are fixed.