Brevity Quote by Blaise Pascal

“I made this [letter] very long, because I did not have the leisure to make it shorter.”

— Blaise Pascal

I have made this letter longer, because I have not had the time to make it shorter.

— Anonymous

I have only made this letter longer because I have not had the time to make it shorter.

— Blaise Pascal

I have made this letter longer than usual, only because I have not had the time to make it shorter.

— Blaise Pascal

“I'm sorry this letter is so long. I didn't have time to make it shorter.”

— Fyodor Dostoevsky

If I had more time, I would have written a shorter letter.

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

If I had more time I would write a shorter letter.

— Blaise Pascal

I would have written a shorter letter, but I did not have the time.

— Anonymous

“I don't have time to write you a short letter, so I'm writing you a long one instead.”

— Mark Twain

“I must apologize: if I had more time I would have written a shorter letter.”

— Greg McKeown

“short letters take a long time to write,”

— Marc Cameron

I didn't have time to write a short letter, so I wrote a long one instead.

— Mark Twain