Do any of you have the chinese for "brevity is the soul of wit"?

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• 简洁是才思的灵魂；简洁反映一个人的才思？ - 古月 20000202161413
  • And how true it is when such wit has to come from our dear old chatter-box Polonius! - Mrs Shakespeare 20000202164220
    • That's the soul of wit of your very best bed. - 古月 20000202171038
      • Which also implies Mrs' wit's end. How I regret having given up the second best! :( - Mrs Shakespeare 20000202173539
      • "bed" of roses, perchance? - Shaken-and-Speared 20000202194523
        • "I didn't have a bed of roses as a kid." - Bill Clinton 20000202224654
          • Cheer up Billy! For the Dark Lady, you only need a net of mozzies! - Mrs Shakespeare 20000202230237
            • In the oval office, a bed of roses has just been made. Got it? - Bill 20000202232314
              • Yeah, and upon Stratford-on-Avon, a net of mozzies has just been laid. - Mrs Shakespeare 20000203001352
                • a bed as a net does - Bill 20000203103243
                • Bedded or netted by this honey-tongued impostor yet, my dearest and sweetest Anne? - The one-and-only true Bill 20000203114052
                  • to make it sweeter, just add one more grain of salt :-( - catalyst 20000203130646
        • Sure, and "With a thousand fragrant posies," too! - the same old Bill 20000203130244

简洁是才思的灵魂；简洁反映一个人的才思？

And how true it is when such wit has to come from our dear old chatter-box Polonius!

That's the soul of wit of your very best bed.

Which also implies Mrs' wit's end. How I regret having given up the second best! :(

"bed" of roses, perchance?

"I didn't have a bed of roses as a kid."

Cheer up Billy! For the Dark Lady, you only need a net of mozzies!

In the oval office, a bed of roses has just been made. Got it?

Yeah, and upon Stratford-on-Avon, a net of mozzies has just been laid.

a bed as a net does

Bedded or netted by this honey-tongued impostor yet, my dearest and sweetest Anne?

to make it sweeter, just add one more grain of salt :-(

Sure, and "With a thousand fragrant posies," too!