But to use brevity, and avoid much labouring of the work, is to be granted to him that will make an abridgment.
WEB
but to strive after brevity of expression, and to avoid a labored fullness in the treatment, is to be granted to him who would bring a writing into a new form.
DRC2:32
But to pursue brevity of speech, and to avoid nice declarations of things, is to be granted to him that maketh an abridgment.
LXXE
but to use brevity, and avoid much labouring of the work, is to be granted to him that will make an abridgement.