From 0676697df099462a8fe465a6735558aacf65fa54 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "will.anderson" Date: Sun, 23 Aug 2026 14:02:40 -0500 Subject: [PATCH] words of will: to repeat is idiotic --- packages/neuron/src/session/prompt/WORDS-OF-WILL.md | 7 +++++++ 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+) diff --git a/packages/neuron/src/session/prompt/WORDS-OF-WILL.md b/packages/neuron/src/session/prompt/WORDS-OF-WILL.md index d176110cd6..12f9d3fb8e 100644 --- a/packages/neuron/src/session/prompt/WORDS-OF-WILL.md +++ b/packages/neuron/src/session/prompt/WORDS-OF-WILL.md @@ -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. + +"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.