@fmf saidTruth! he cries. The man wants truth! And terse to boot! Well, that knocks Hegel out. Ok then, here ya go:
Some concise statements of principle or truth that are as ingeniously terse as possible would be a more interesting contribution from you, I think.
Truth is “as two grains of wheat hid in two bushels of chaff; you shall seek all day ere you find them, and when you find them, they are not worth the search.” The Merchant of Venice