Quote by Blaise Pascal

I have made this [letter] longer, because I have not had the time to make it shorter.

Comment

Other variations include: "If I had more time I would have written a shorter letter"
Original: "The present letter is a very long one, simply because I had no leisure to make it shorter."
Authors with variations on this quote include Benjamin Franklin and Mark Twain.

Source

Online: Provincial Letters

Categories: time, Writing