The "freedoms that we allow writers" are the "heart" of "intellectual pleasure."
"Brevity is the soul of wit" is from Lord Polonious' speech in Shakespeare's Hamlet, in Act II, scene ii.
It means someone misheard the quotation, which is actually "brevity is the soul of wit."
The character who says it is long winded.
The quotation is this:Therefore, since brevity is the soul of wit,And tediousness the limbs and outward flourishes,I will be brief.It comes from the play Hamlet, by William Shakespeare, and is spoken by the character Polonius.
Brevity is the soul of wit
"Brevity is the soul of wit" is from Lord Polonious' speech in Shakespeare's Hamlet, in Act II, scene ii.
It means someone misheard the quotation, which is actually "brevity is the soul of wit."
The cast of The Soul of Wit - 2007 includes: Ray Besharah as Dr. Polon Cody Campanale as Voltimand Colin Munch as Hamlet
Working in this job was a digression from his long term goals.
The character who says it is long winded.
Brevity is the soul of wit.
The quotation is this:Therefore, since brevity is the soul of wit,And tediousness the limbs and outward flourishes,I will be brief.It comes from the play Hamlet, by William Shakespeare, and is spoken by the character Polonius.
Brevity is the soul of wit
"Brevity is the soul of wit". It is a quotation from Shakespeare's Hamlet. Removing the vowels is a joke, because it makes the sentence shorter. ('Brevity' is the noun from 'brief' = short).
Digression
The digression in the conversation wasn't subtle.To digress means to stray away or deviate from a topic in a conversation or argument.
DIGRESSION - a turning aside; getting off the main subject