H. L. Mencken. “For every problem, there is a solution that is simple, elegant, and wrong.”
If Twitter had existed while Emily Dickinson was alive, she would have been an absolute shitlord with millions of followers
Submitted 9 months ago by betheydocrime@lemmy.world to showerthoughts@lemmy.world
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Mbourgon@lemmy.world 9 months ago
Darkaga@kbin.social 9 months ago
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."
Mbourgon@lemmy.world 9 months ago
Dude! I’ve been using that for years, never thought I had the quote wrong! Thank you!
Mbourgon@lemmy.world 9 months ago
Gotta ask - which book is your favorite? Love the Chrestromathy and the books he wrote about his youth.
Davel23@kbin.social 9 months ago
Oscar Wilde.
PM_ME_VINTAGE_30S@lemmy.sdf.org 9 months ago
I mean with a surname like Wilde he was destined to be a wild one.
OneOrTheOtherDontAskMe@lemmy.world 9 months ago
The Bronte sisters would be my Kardashian’s, oh my God
vzq@lemmy.blahaj.zone 9 months ago
Dorothy Parker.
charlytune@mander.xyz 9 months ago
Dorothy Parker would have drunk tweeted from dinner parties savagely taking down all the other guests.
ChicoSuave@lemmy.world 9 months ago
I would religiously follow Dorothy Parker