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Banality, I must confess, is for me a real nightmare.<\/p>\n

When you have a blog and have chosen to be present on social networks, it is difficult to write about interesting stuff all the time and avoid the temptation to “make volume.”<\/p>\n

How can you prevent or significantly lower the risk of writing banalities?<\/p>\n

Reading Karl Kraus<\/a> and his Spr\u00fcche und Widerspr\u00fcche<\/a>, I found a rule I gave myself without hesitation.<\/p>\n

One must write each time as he would for the first and last time.
\nSay as much as would be fair for leave-taking
\nand say it so well as for a debut.<\/h2>\n

Otherwise, silence would be a better option.<\/p>\n

What do you think?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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