Someplace in the south of Greece, an old philosopher advised his student: “You see my child, when you speak, try it to be laconic, so that your thought is clear, brief, precise, understandable to populace. Don’t get carried into too much explanation. Wasting words means weakness and the more you say, greater is the chance that you might say something or anything that someone might dislike and thus you will have fewer followers of your words…”
A lot of time has gone by; the old philosopher is sitting in the shade at the rim of a grove, holding some texts written in alphabet in his hands. There comes the student of his completely in high glee. He greets his teacher, kisses his hand, he would hug him but still he restrained. The old man started placidly: “You have learned well how to express yourself clearly. Do you see the butcher pulling the sheep? Well, you see, he wouldn’t have bought it if it had been skinny. So stouten it can provide more meat, he knows that it has been taken cared, he also respects its owner as a fine proprietor... It is the same with books- those voluminous are noticed by everyone, even by the worst ignoramuses. The experts look briefly into them to see what is said, the boasters brag that they have exactly read those voluminous ones and everyone respects more those who have written such tomes… Such is Demos!”
The student then noticed that the old man was holding in his hands the texts he has written…