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 10 months ago by betheydocrime@lemmy.world to showerthoughts@lemmy.world
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Mbourgon@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Darkaga@kbin.social 10 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 10 months ago
Dude! I’ve been using that for years, never thought I had the quote wrong! Thank you!
Mbourgon@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Gotta ask - which book is your favorite? Love the Chrestromathy and the books he wrote about his youth.
Davel23@kbin.social 10 months ago
Oscar Wilde.
PM_ME_VINTAGE_30S@lemmy.sdf.org 10 months ago
I mean with a surname like Wilde he was destined to be a wild one.
OneOrTheOtherDontAskMe@lemmy.world 10 months ago
The Bronte sisters would be my Kardashian’s, oh my God
vzq@lemmy.blahaj.zone 10 months ago
Dorothy Parker.
charlytune@mander.xyz 10 months ago
Dorothy Parker would have drunk tweeted from dinner parties savagely taking down all the other guests.
ChicoSuave@lemmy.world 10 months ago
I would religiously follow Dorothy Parker