← Back to context Comment by GaryBluto 5 days ago “I didn't have time to write a short letter, so I wrote a long one instead.” - Mark Twain 4 comments GaryBluto Reply AndyPa32 5 days ago Usually that false quote is attributed to Blaise Pascal, but I have also seen it being attributed to Albert Einstein.I am a fan of falsely attributed quotes... throw0101c 5 days ago >> “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:* https://quoteinvestigator.com/2012/04/28/shorter-letter/ tomjakubowski 5 days ago I was so confused about how this could be chronologically possible, until I learned there is another famous Balzac besides Honoré.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean-Louis_Guez_de_Balzac GaryBluto 5 days ago After a quick Google you seem to be right that it is falsely attributed. Blaise Pascal does seem to be the most accepted originator however.
AndyPa32 5 days ago Usually that false quote is attributed to Blaise Pascal, but I have also seen it being attributed to Albert Einstein.I am a fan of falsely attributed quotes... throw0101c 5 days ago >> “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:* https://quoteinvestigator.com/2012/04/28/shorter-letter/ tomjakubowski 5 days ago I was so confused about how this could be chronologically possible, until I learned there is another famous Balzac besides Honoré.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean-Louis_Guez_de_Balzac GaryBluto 5 days ago After a quick Google you seem to be right that it is falsely attributed. Blaise Pascal does seem to be the most accepted originator however.
throw0101c 5 days ago >> “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:* https://quoteinvestigator.com/2012/04/28/shorter-letter/ tomjakubowski 5 days ago I was so confused about how this could be chronologically possible, until I learned there is another famous Balzac besides Honoré.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean-Louis_Guez_de_Balzac
tomjakubowski 5 days ago I was so confused about how this could be chronologically possible, until I learned there is another famous Balzac besides Honoré.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean-Louis_Guez_de_Balzac
GaryBluto 5 days ago After a quick Google you seem to be right that it is falsely attributed. Blaise Pascal does seem to be the most accepted originator however.
Usually that false quote is attributed to Blaise Pascal, but I have also seen it being attributed to Albert Einstein.
I am a fan of falsely attributed quotes...
>> “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:
* https://quoteinvestigator.com/2012/04/28/shorter-letter/
I was so confused about how this could be chronologically possible, until I learned there is another famous Balzac besides Honoré.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean-Louis_Guez_de_Balzac
After a quick Google you seem to be right that it is falsely attributed. Blaise Pascal does seem to be the most accepted originator however.