Rather than glorify the Iron Duke, it seems to exemplify one of his pithiest verdicts.

这可不是在颂扬“铁”（the Iron Duke，惠灵顿），这看起来更象是在例证他精辟判断。

I know. It's much easier to be pithy on ichat.

我知道 网聊时候你比较含蓄。

In a pithy but overstated new book, Gessen (who prefers to be referred to that way) updates and expands on that early warning.

在一本简练但言过其实书中，格森（他更喜欢这样称呼）对那条早期提出警告进行更和扩展。

But he was a philosopher as well as a poet—and his beautiful and pithy verse is as relevant now as it was then.

但是他既是一位哲学家，又是一位人——他美妙简练现在和当时同样适用。

First, Hemingway never said it – it's actually a pithy re-phrasing of a passage from a novel called Reuben, Reuben by Peter De Vries.

首先，海明威从来没有说过这句话——这实际上是对彼得·德·弗里斯小说《鲁本》中一段话精练改写。

A few Google searches, some quick clicks on hyperlinks, and I've got the telltale fact or pithy quote I was after.

" 谷" 几下，快速点开几个链接，就可以找到我所需要事实或者精炼引证。

Many of her pithiest put-downs were directed at her own side