Tweeting wisdom of the ages

Brevity is the soul of wit.
Shakespeare wrote that. And no one said it was shallow because he said it in fewer than 140 characters (27, to be precise).
When people who don’t understand Twitter whine about it, a common implication is that you can’t say much in 140 characters. So everything on Twitter must be shallow, [...]

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Tweetworthy wisdom from the holy books

This is related to my post, Tweeting wisdom of the ages, attempting to debunk the notion that something less than 140 characters must be shallow. These are quotations from the Bible and holy books of other faiths that would fit in tweets:
Each  of the Beatitudes fits into a tweet, a great series of tweets or a start for a [...]

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Aesop’s wisdom in tweets

This is related to my post, Tweeting wisdom of the ages, attempting to debunk the notion that something less than 140 characters must be shallow. These are quotations from Aesop that would fit in tweets:
A liar will not be believed, even when he speaks the truth.
After all is said and done, more is said than done.
Appearances [...]

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Martin Luther King’s inspiration in tweets

This is related to my post, Tweeting wisdom of the ages, attempting to debunk the notion that something less than 140 characters must be shallow. These are quotations from Martin Luther King Jr. that would fit in tweets:
At the center of non-violence stands the principle of love.
Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate [...]

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Abraham Lincoln’s wisdom in Tweets

This is related to my post, Tweeting wisdom of the ages, attempting to debunk the notion that something less than 140 characters must be shallow. These are quotations from Abraham Lincoln that would fit in tweets:
It is better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to open one’s mouth and remove all doubt.
The ballot is [...]

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Thomas Jefferson’s wisdom in tweets

This is related to my post, Tweeting wisdom of the ages, attempting to debunk the notion that something less than 140 characters must be shallow. These are quotations from Thomas Jefferson that would fit in tweets:
All tyranny needs to gain a foothold is for people of good conscience to remain silent.
An injured friend is the bitterest of foes.
As [...]

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Benjamin Franklin’s wit and wisdom as tweets

This is related to my post, Tweeting wisdom of the ages, attempting to debunk the notion that something less than 140 characters must be shallow. These are quotations from Benjamin Franklin that would fit in tweets:
A penny saved is a penny earned.
A small leak can sink a great ship.
Any society that would give up a little liberty [...]

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Gloria Steinem’s insight in tweets

This is related to my post, Tweeting wisdom of the ages, attempting to debunk the notion that something less than 140 characters must be shallow. These are quotations from Gloria Steinem that would fit in tweets:
A liberated woman is one who has sex before marriage and a job after.
A woman reading Playboy feels a little like a [...]

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Ronald Reagan’s wit and wisdom in tweets

This is related to my post, Tweeting wisdom of the ages, attempting to debunk the notion that something less than 140 characters must be shallow. These are quotations from Ronald Reagan that would fit in tweets:
Entrepreneurs and their small enterprises are responsible for almost all the economic growth in the United States.
Facts are stubborn things.
Government always [...]

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Helen Keller’s wisdom in tweets

This is related to my post, Tweeting wisdom of the ages, attempting to debunk the notion that something less than 140 characters must be shallow. These are quotations from Helen Keller that would fit in tweets:
All the world is full of suffering. It is also full of overcoming.
Alone we can do so little; together we can do [...]

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Karl Marx’s wisdom in tweets

This is related to my post, Tweeting wisdom of the ages, attempting to debunk the notion that something less than 140 characters must be shallow. These are quotations from Karl Marx that would fit in tweets:
From each according to his abilities, to each according to his needs.
Capital is dead labor, which, vampire-like, lives only by sucking living labor, [...]

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Nelson Mandela’s wisdom in tweets

This is related to my post, Tweeting wisdom of the ages, attempting to debunk the notion that something less than 140 characters must be shallow. These are quotations from Nelson Mandela that would fit in tweets:
Let freedom reign. The sun never set on so glorious a human achievement.
If you talk to a man in a language he understands, [...]

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