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		HPsquared on Dec 22, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Ask HN: How do you improve your writing? Mark Twain: "I didn't have time to write a short letter, so I wrote a long one instead."

MrVandemar on Dec 22, 2024 [–]

It was Blaise Pascal, not Twain.

FartinMowler on Dec 22, 2024 | | [–]

Close. Pascal said “If I had more time, I would have written a shorter letter.” Twain said the other (longer) quote.

HPsquared on Dec 22, 2024 | | [–]

Goes to show I'd have been better leaving that out!

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