The present letter is a very long one, simply because I had no leisure…

Blaise Pascal
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The present letter is a very long one, simply because I had no leisure to make it shorter. ✨ Blaise Pascal (1850). The Provincial Letters of Blaise Pascal, p.339
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The present letter is a very long one, simply because I had no leisure to make it shorter. ✨ Blaise Pascal (1850). The Provincial Letters of Blaise Pascal, p.339

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