"I made this one [letter] longer only because I have not had the leisure to make it shorter."[1] - Blaise Pascal The contemporary interpretation/translation of

"I made this one [letter] longer only because I have not had the leisure to make it shorter."[1] - Blaise Pascal The contemporary interpretation/translation of this quote is usually "I would have written a shorter letter, but I did not have the time." [1] - "Je n'ai fait celle-ci plus longue que parce que je n'ai pas eu le loisir de la faire plus courte."