betheydocrime@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 11 months agoIf Twitter had existed while Emily Dickinson was alive, she would have been an absolute shitlord with millions of followersmessage-square9fedilinkarrow-up185arrow-down16
arrow-up179arrow-down1message-squareIf Twitter had existed while Emily Dickinson was alive, she would have been an absolute shitlord with millions of followersbetheydocrime@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 11 months agomessage-square9fedilink
minus-squareDarkaga@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down1·11 months 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 everywhere@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·11 months agoDude! I’ve been using that for years, never thought I had the quote wrong! Thank you!
minus-squareMbourgon everywhere@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·11 months agoGotta ask - which book is your favorite? Love the Chrestromathy and the books he wrote about his youth.
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.