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