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Quotation #282 from Michael Moncur's (Cynical) Quotations:

There is always a well-known solution to every human problem--neat, plausible, and wrong.
H. L. Mencken, Prejudices: Second Series, 1920
US editor (1880 - 1956)  

Notes about this Quotation

  • This quote is often misquoted with the paraphrased wording "For every problem, there is a neat, simple solution, and it is always wrong." [note by Michael Moncur, June 13, 2005]

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