@betheydocrime@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world • 1 year agoIf Twitter had existed while Emily Dickinson was alive, she would have been an absolute shitlord with millions of followersmessage-square10fedilinkarrow-up1131arrow-down10
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minus-squareMbourgon everywherelinkfedilink11•1 year agoH. L. Mencken. “For every problem, there is a solution that is simple, elegant, and wrong.”
minus-squareDarkagalinkfedilink15•1 year agoNot too be too pedantic but this is the full, accurate quote from Prejudices: Second Series, “Explanations exist; they have existed for all time; there is always a well-known solution to every human problem—neat, plausible, and wrong.”
minus-squareMbourgon everywherelinkfedilink5•1 year agoDude! I’ve been using that for years, never thought I had the quote wrong! Thank you!
minus-squareMbourgon everywherelinkfedilink2•1 year agoGotta ask - which book is your favorite? Love the Chrestromathy and the books he wrote about his youth.
H. L. Mencken. “For every problem, there is a solution that is simple, elegant, and wrong.”
Not too be too pedantic but this is the full, accurate quote from Prejudices: Second Series, “Explanations exist; they have existed for all time; there is always a well-known solution to every human problem—neat, plausible, and wrong.”
Dude! I’ve been using that for years, never thought I had the quote wrong! Thank you!
Gotta ask - which book is your favorite? Love the Chrestromathy and the books he wrote about his youth.