Правда ли William Shakespeare сказал «Brevity is the soul of wit»?

Правда ли William Shakespeare сказал «Brevity is the soul of wit»?

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Welcome, my good friends. Say, Voltemand, what from our brother Norway? Volt. Most fair return of greetings and desires. Upon our first, he sent out to suppress His nephew's levies; which to him appear'd To be a preparation 'gainst the Polack, But better look'd into, he truly found It was against your Highness; whereat griev'd, That so his sickness, age, and impotence Was falsely borne in hand, se
The Complete Works of William Shakespeare — William Shakespeare, Scene II. Elsinore. A room in the Castle. · ¶1249 · Public domain (US), Project Gutenberg #100 · источник

_Pol._ (L.C.) My liege, and madam, to expostulate[10] What majesty should be, what duty is, Why day is day, night night, and time is time, Were nothing but to waste night, day, and time; Therefore, since brevity is the soul of wit, And tediousness the limbs and outward flourishes,-- I will be brief:--Your noble son is mad: Mad call I it; for, to define true madness, What is't, but to be nothing el
Hamlet, Prince of Denmark — William Shakespeare, SCENE II.--A ROOM IN THE CASTLE. · ¶484 · Public domain (US), Project Gutenberg #27761 · источник

Brevity is the soul of wit.[133-1]
Familiar Quotations A Collection of Passages, Phrases, and Proverbs Traced to Their Sources in Ancient and Modern Literature — John Bartlett, ¶3565 · Public domain (US), Project Gutenberg #27889 · источник

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