Reverend Fathers, my letters did not usually follow each other at such close intervals, nor were they so long.,,, This one would not be so long had I but the leisure to make it shorter. (Blaise Pascal)

Reverend Fathers, my letters did not usually follow each other at such close intervals, nor were they so long.,,, This one would not be so long had I but the leisure to make it shorter.

Blaise Pascal

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