@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-up1126arrow-down18
arrow-up1118arrow-down1message-squareIf Twitter had existed while Emily Dickinson was alive, she would have been an absolute shitlord with millions of followers@betheydocrime@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world • 1 year agomessage-square10fedilink
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 everywherelinkfedilink6•1 year agoDude! I’ve been using that for years, never thought I had the quote wrong! Thank you!
minus-squareMbourgon everywherelinkfedilink1•1 year 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.