• مهما طال الليل@lemm.ee
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    9 months ago

    There is an ancient 1400 year-old Arabic saying that goes إن من البيان لسحرا “in eloquence there is magic” or “some eloquence is magical”. It is an ancient tactic.

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      9 months ago

      Eloquence is such a good way to describe the magical nonsense words. Thanks for that cool tidbit of history

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          9 months ago

          Mhm, would definitely agree. Things don’t have to be simple, I get that, but at least be honest about it, don’t beat around the bush.