TIL Mark Twain is often wrongly credited with the quote: "I would have written a shorter letter, but did not have the time." Earliest credit goes to French mathematician and philospher Blaise Pascal in “Lettres Provinciales,” 1657. npr.org Submitted by jeremyjava t3_1196bgx on February 22, 2023 at 5:55 PM in todayilearned 22 comments 391
8hundredpounds t1_j9lyv9v wrote on February 22, 2023 at 10:48 PM He also famously never said “the coldest winter I had was a summer in San Francisco” or similar Permalink 2 jeremyjava OP t1_j9me51u wrote on February 23, 2023 at 12:35 AM But he did say, "I spent a month in Poughkeepsie one weekend." Permalink Parent 5
jeremyjava OP t1_j9me51u wrote on February 23, 2023 at 12:35 AM But he did say, "I spent a month in Poughkeepsie one weekend." Permalink Parent 5
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