Quote by Blaise Pascal

The present letter is a very long one, simply because I had no leisure to make it shorter.

The present letter is a very long one, simply because I had

Summary

This quote suggests that the letter being written is lengthy due to a lack of time to make it concise. The author acknowledges that if they had more time, they could have condensed the contents into a shorter letter. It highlights the challenge of effectively conveying information in a brief and clear manner. This is often attributed to the constraints of time and the need for thoroughness in the communication process.

Topics

Leisure

By Blaise Pascal

Liked the quote? Share it with your friends.

Random Quotations

I got to work with Jennifer Tilly, she was amazing. Such, su

I got to work with Jennifer Tilly, she was amazing. Such, such a smart actress.

Amazing

Is truth always positive? Of course. Once the truth comes ou

Is truth always positive? Of course. Once the truth comes out, you know, it's all right. We're scared that if the truth comes out that it's not all right. It's the other way around.

Positive

Jordan has a strange, haunting beauty and a sense of timeles

Jordan has a strange, haunting beauty and a sense of timelessness. Dotted with the ruins of empires once great, it is the last resort of yesterday in the world of tomorrow. I love every inch of it.

Beauty

Was I asleep? Had I slept?

Was I asleep? Had I slept?

Reality Sleep Consciousness Dream Waiting

Good writing excites me, and makes life worth living.

Good writing excites me, and makes life worth living.

Authors & Writing

The undead did not love, but they remembered love with a sav

The undead did not love, but they remembered love with a savage loyalty.

Love Memory Undead

My purpose is to teach and demonstrate what is possible. To

My purpose is to teach and demonstrate what is possible. To demonstrate love of God and good. Remember what my role is as a woman: to be... good. My role as a mother: to teach, support and nurture my offspring. My role as a grandmother: to remind everybody - right where you are, God is.

Good Love Purpose Mother Support Everybody Remember Grandmother Possible Demonstrate Nurture Offspring

I don't think my wife likes me very much, when I had a heart

I don't think my wife likes me very much, when I had a heart attack she wrote for an ambulance.

Biology is the least of what makes someone a mother.

Biology is the least of what makes someone a mother.

Science

Part of every misery is, so to speak, the misery's shadow or

Part of every misery is, so to speak, the misery's shadow or reflection: the fact that you don't merely suffer but have to keep on thinking about the fact that you suffer. I not only live each endless day in grief, but live each day thinking about living each day in grief.

Money

I suppose you think that persons who are as old as your fath

I suppose you think that persons who are as old as your father and myself are always thinking about very grave things, but I know that we are meditating the same old themes that we did when we were ten years old, only we go more gravely about it.

Henry David Thoreau

Generations

Lots of people limit their possibilities by giving up easily

Lots of people limit their possibilities by giving up easily. Never tell yourself this is too much for me. It's no use. I can't go on. If you do you're licked, and by your own thinking too. Keep believing and keep on keeping on.

Norman Vincent Peale

Persistence