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A source trail connects this quotation to Albert Einstein and This variation was first promulgated in The New York Times in 1929 and attributed to Einstein's secretary: “When you sit with a nice girl for two hours you think it’s only a minute, but when you sit on a hot stove for a minute you think it’s two hours. That’s relativity.”, but the exact English wording has not been confirmed in a primary text. The attribution is therefore probable rather than definitive.
Likely origin: This variation was first promulgated in The New York Times in 1929 and attributed to Einstein's secretary: “When you sit with a nice girl for two hours you think it’s only a minute, but when you sit on a hot stove for a minute you think it’s two hours. That’s relativity.”
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This page records the wording "When a man sits with a pretty girl for an…," which centers on pretty, seems, minute. A concrete trail points toward Einstein, but the exact English form remains unconfirmed; the page therefore labels it as attributed to him while preserving its science and wisdom context.
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