Body Quote by Aldous Huxley
“The soul of wit may become the very body of untruth. However elegant and memorable, brevity can never, in the nature of things, do justice to all the facts of a complex situations. On such a theme one can be brief only by omission and simplification. Omission and simplification help us to understand - but help is, in many cases, to understand the wrong thing; for our comprehension may be only of the abbreviator's neatly formulated notions, not of the vast, ramifying reality from which these notions have been so arbitrarily abstracted.”
About This Quote
Source Book: Brave New World by Aldous Huxley, 1932
Brevity simplifies reality, risking distortion by omitting complexity.
In simple terms: Shortness can hide truth.
Key Takeaway
Beware oversimplification.
Themes
communication
truth
complexity
Mood
cautious
reflective
Type
analytical
philosophical
When to use this quote
- journalism
- teaching
- policy making
- personal relationships
Key Concepts
cognitive bias
abstraction
information loss
Questions to Reflect On
- How do you balance clarity with completeness?
- When does omission become deception?
A Different Perspective
Short forms may mislead if context is ignored.
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