For every problem there is a solution which is simple, clean and wrong.

Quote by Henry Louis Mencken

Topics: Problems Quotes, Simplicity Quotes

Idealist: One who, on noticing that a rose smells better than a cabbage, concludes that...

Idealist: One who, on noticing that a rose smells better than a cabbage, concludes that...

The older I grow the more I distrust the familiar doctrine that age brings wisdom.

The older I grow the more I distrust the familiar doctrine that age brings wisdom.

Every great wave of popular passion that rolls up on the prairies is dashed to...

Every great wave of popular passion that rolls up on the prairies is dashed to...

Has the great art and mystery of politics no apparent utility? Does it appear to...

Has the great art and mystery of politics no apparent utility? Does it appear to...

All government, of course, is against liberty.

All government, of course, is against liberty.

The way to hold a husband is to keep him a little jealous; the way...

The way to hold a husband is to keep him a little jealous; the way...

The practical politician, as every connoisseur of ochlocracy knows, is not a man who seeks...

The practical politician, as every connoisseur of ochlocracy knows, is not a man who seeks...

Men have a much better time of it than women; for one thing they marry...

Men have a much better time of it than women; for one thing they marry...

All government, of course, is against liberty.

All government, of course, is against liberty.

It is now quite lawful for a Catholic woman to avoid pregnancy by a resort...

It is now quite lawful for a Catholic woman to avoid pregnancy by a resort...

Marriage is a wonderful institution, but who would want to live in an institution?

Marriage is a wonderful institution, but who would want to live in an institution?

A man of active and resilient mind outwears his friendships just as certainly as he...

A man of active and resilient mind outwears his friendships just as certainly as he...

Misogynist: A man who hates women as much as women hate one another

Misogynist: A man who hates women as much as women hate one another

The aim of public education is not to spread enlightenment at all; it is simply...

The aim of public education is not to spread enlightenment at all; it is simply...

Men are sad because they have to die so soon, women are sad because they...

Men are sad because they have to die so soon, women are sad because they...

For every problem there is a solution which is simple, clean and wrong.

For every problem there is a solution which is simple, clean and wrong.

It seems to me that a great university ought to have room in it for...

It seems to me that a great university ought to have room in it for...

The whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed (and hence clamorous...

The whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed (and hence clamorous...

Talk about the flag or drugs or crime (never about race or class or justice)...

Talk about the flag or drugs or crime (never about race or class or justice)...

Few businessmen are capable of being in politics, they don't understand the democratic process, they...

Few businessmen are capable of being in politics, they don't understand the democratic process, they...