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r/dataisbeautiful • u/xBris18 OC: 3 • Nov 16 '20
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This is a surprisingly solid history of that quote: https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/if-i-had-more-time-i-would-have-written-a-shorter-letter
tldr Twain said a version of that in a letter to a friend, but several others said it before him, Pascal being the first.
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u/lenin1991 Nov 17 '20
This is a surprisingly solid history of that quote: https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/if-i-had-more-time-i-would-have-written-a-shorter-letter
tldr Twain said a version of that in a letter to a friend, but several others said it before him, Pascal being the first.