>>Was it Voltaire who said "pardon me, but I didn't have the time to write shorter"?
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>That was Mark Twain.
>"Excuse my long letter, I didn't have time to write a shorter one".
This quote has been also attributed to
- Cicero (Orator and statesman of Ancient Rome)
- Pascal Blaise (French mathematician, physicist, and theologian)
- Voltaire (French philosopher)
That's something that's never gonna be resolved, except someone comes up with that ancient letter. Therefore, everybody seems to prefer their compatriots :)
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