>> “I didn't have time to write a short letter, so I wrote a long one instead.” - Mark...

throw0101c • yesterday at 11:44 AM • 1 reply • view on HN

>> “I didn't have time to write a short letter, so I wrote a long one instead.” - Mark Twain

> Usually that false quote is attributed to Blaise Pascal, but I have also seen it being attributed to Albert Einstein.

Not false: Balzac published first, Pascal second:

tomjakubowski • yesterday at 10:41 PM

I was so confused about how this could be chronologically possible, until I learned there is another famous Balzac besides Honoré.

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