longer quotes

Hofstadter's Law: It alwaystakeslonger thanyouexpect, even when you take into account Hofstadter's Law.

- Douglas R(ichard) Hofstadter
  Go«   del, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid.

Je n'ai fait plus longue que parce queje n'ai pas eu le loisir de la faire plus courte. I have made this letter longer than usual, only because I have not had the time to make it shorter.

- Blaise Pascal
  Lettres provinciales, letter16.