Speaking of getting mileage out of a phrase, a related thing was discussed two days ago[0] - "anticipatory procrastination". I loved the following passage from the linked paper:
"For an early example, consider Fermat’s 1637 statement, “I have a truly marvellous proof of this proposition which this margin is too narrow to contain.” This statement incorporated a landmark proof technique. The ingenuity of this technique allowed Fermat to delegate his proof to 400 years of his students while keeping his name attached to the theorem."
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