If you read the Wikipedia article on the matter though, the long form given here does not seem to be “the original” by any means.

The “short” proverb is many hundred years old. The “long form” first appeared in the 1990s by a specific author.

It’s more an interpretation to negate an old proverb that the author disagreed with than anything.

Nice description. I enjoyed your argument. Just a small correction from my side, neutrinos aren’t massless. They are very, very low mass though, and so naturally move very close to c.